Burnt Offerings
Bluelight Crew
It seems like just a lot of “street theater” at this point. The proud boys trot out, then antifa trots out, they jeer at each other and maybe throw some punches, rinse and repeat x1000
It all just seems so pointless and silly. Such groups ought to thank the heavens that their counterparts on the right or left exist, it gives them a great excuse for whatever dumb action they want to do, plus a good excuse to play dress-up, either with rifles & bandoliers (on the right) or “black bloc” style (on the left)
I actually think that anti-fascist action is a proud and honorable tradition on the left. The last good example of it here in the USA was at Charlottesville, the community came out and smashed the fash, and since it was the fascist “coming out party” (and because fascism places a high value on symbolism and visual portrayals of strength and virility) it really was a fatal blow to the so-called “alt right” and set their movement back years. A real “antifa” victory. But, again, a lot of the recent (late Trump admin) stuff comes across to me as pointless street theater.
Sometimes I even like street theater. The Black Panther Party in California marching with rifles during the early days in Oakland etc, that was street theater, as was some of the “new left” pranks from the late 60s/early 70s in the USA & Europe. Good stuff. That kinda stuff shocked and scandalized the elite, though, whereas today the elite is probably scared more by Trump and his MAGA brown shirts like the proud boys or whatever
I actually agree with some of what you say (I also don’t place “non violence” on some sort of untouchable pedestal, and indeed it’s hard to think of any substantive moment of political or socioeconomic change which wasn’t accompanied by some level of violence and/or chaos), I just think that you oughta turn more of a critical eye towards some of these tactics...
