• Whorish_Ooze [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    What do you make of people like this, who say they've been able to convert hundreds of white supremacists into anti-racists using these methods?

    https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54526345

    https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes

    keeping in mind, killing one White Supremacists is -1 White Supremacist. Converting one is -1 White supremacist AND +1 anti racist.

    Obviously this won't work for everyone, but the surprising amount of phenomenal success both of these people have had is at least worthy of discussion. And from a strictly quantitative statistical approach, I don't know of many others alive today who can say they're responsible for the world having 100+ less neonazis.

    • Harukiller14 [they/them,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Being an anti racist is great, but it doesn't mean you're automatically a communist.

      The army is full of people who I'm sure consider themselves anti racist. Does that mean their crimes against the global south are anti racist as well? No. I should note that when I mean reform I'm really talking about electoral politics, not trying to explain leftist politics to people, I'll always promote that rout first and foremost.