OP is talking about the genuine use of the term 'critical support'. Take hamas: because you're an anti-imperialist, you support national liberation. Because you're a communist or anarchist, you're not aligned with their political ideology — so you support the movement while critical of its politics, same with e.g. anarchists and Vietnam.
Saying "I am critical of the things I support" is an empty platitude.
The term should've been "tactical support", would've prevented this confusion
I would have actually changed the title to say unconditionally support things.
I place no conditions on my support for the liberation of the Palestinian people for instance. All violence against an exterminationist apartheid regime, and those who take part in its project, is justified.
If any Israeli (children for example or anti-Zionists that were born there) is a casualty of this war, the blame lies at the feet of the Zionists not the Palestinians.
OP is talking about the genuine use of the term 'critical support'. Take hamas: because you're an anti-imperialist, you support national liberation. Because you're a communist or anarchist, you're not aligned with their political ideology — so you support the movement while critical of its politics, same with e.g. anarchists and Vietnam.
Saying "I am critical of the things I support" is an empty platitude.
The term should've been "tactical support", would've prevented this confusion
I would have actually changed the title to say unconditionally support things.
I place no conditions on my support for the liberation of the Palestinian people for instance. All violence against an exterminationist apartheid regime, and those who take part in its project, is justified.
If any Israeli (children for example or anti-Zionists that were born there) is a casualty of this war, the blame lies at the feet of the Zionists not the Palestinians.
A profound judgment of today's riots was expressed by Victor Hugo a century ago. He said, 'If a soul is left in the darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.'
I knew it was gonna be MLK
This whole speech is a gold mine for telling liberals how and why they're wrong about everything.
I really, really like the phrase "tactical support".
Tacticool support
It's a literal translation of what critical support is in my native language, I like that term better