Counter recruitment isn't the same as conversion/radicalization, fwiw.
If I wasn't clear about that, I apologize.
The Zetkin quote did mention both tactics. If not one, then the other, so that could have contributed to the misunderstanding.
It's reaching out those most vulnerable to being radicalized by reactionaries and attempting to stop them from being so, by laying bare what the ideology they're sliding into is, all at once.
And those are the people wearing american flag bandanas, unfortunately.
ETA: If a proto-chud stays a proto-chud, but they're now unwilling to put themselves in fight the for reactionary causes, that's still a win.
Also, yes, you you totally gotta make sure you aren't being played, a'la Daryl Davis.
The people he reaches out to are outright unabashed racists and far beyond that line of engagement.
But people wearing Hawaiian shirts or flag bandanas aren't. Or at least aren't merely by nature of them wearing Hawaiian shirts or flag bandanas.
No worries.
I never said don't try to convert people. But you'll probably have a better success rate if you don't begin with the guys wearing American flag bandanas.
Counter recruitment isn't the same as conversion/radicalization, fwiw.
If I wasn't clear about that, I apologize.
The Zetkin quote did mention both tactics. If not one, then the other, so that could have contributed to the misunderstanding.
It's reaching out those most vulnerable to being radicalized by reactionaries and attempting to stop them from being so, by laying bare what the ideology they're sliding into is, all at once.
And those are the people wearing american flag bandanas, unfortunately.
ETA: If a proto-chud stays a proto-chud, but they're now unwilling to put themselves in fight the for reactionary causes, that's still a win.
Also, yes, you you totally gotta make sure you aren't being played, a'la Daryl Davis.
The people he reaches out to are outright unabashed racists and far beyond that line of engagement.
But people wearing Hawaiian shirts or flag bandanas aren't. Or at least aren't merely by nature of them wearing Hawaiian shirts or flag bandanas.