https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/115836071797296255
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@reedlindwurm
If it were only targeted at me, instead of this happening to other people who are upset (indeed, today I watched someone get blocked from a news aggregator for "doomerism" for daring to talk about much harder problems to solve that they don't know how to resist yet believe shouldn't be ignored, *and* pointing out that protest has been defanged by decorum), I wouldn't necessarily think this is a wider problem of trying to make others conform to "correct" resistance.2/4
@reedlindwurm
Another thing that makes me feel like this is about conformity and control: not hearing enough in terms of alternative paths. I hear *lip service* to the concept of diversity of tactics, yet somehow that rarely seems to translate to hearing about multiple different approaches one could take to resistance; I'm more often hearing "don't give them an excuse!". Again, just because a behavior doesn't make sense doesn't mean it isn't happening (and pissing me off).3/4
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@reedlindwurm
Another thing that makes me feel like this is about conformity and control: not hearing enough in terms of alternative paths. I hear *lip service* to the concept of diversity of tactics, yet somehow that rarely seems to translate to hearing about multiple different approaches one could take to resistance; I'm more often hearing "don't give them an excuse!". Again, just because a behavior doesn't make sense doesn't mean it isn't happening (and pissing me off).3/4
RE: https://dice.camp/@StefanEJones/115868210837901139
@reedlindwurm
I also hate the idea that I might be *incapable* of doing anything useful. That would seem to suggest that I *should* roll over, which is the last thing I want to do. Oh, and back on the emotional conformity topic, there're the usual accusations that boil down to insisting that feeling bad makes you a failure (in the below case, tying it to not being centrist enough to boot!):4/4
