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ok hm i think i have changed my perspective, at least a bit
i will maintain that raec12 didnt do a great job of explaining grievances, but i should try to be more charitable, careful, and slow when coming across opinions i disagree w, esp when im white
ok so how ive changed my mind: for starters, regardless of substance, the rhetoric has been really bad. also, there is clearly demonstrated the issues with having "leadership" and "members". the hierarchy really makes things screwey and fucked
also i havent mentioned it until now but even if i disagree with them on some of it, raec12 took tons of effort to stand up like this for something you believe in and so i def respect that. i would (and have) just kinda sat back lol
ok finally substance-wise: while i do think it might be a big ask, bringing in black speakers would obv be a very good thing. it is def challenging, but i mean if youre gonna be a "leader" then yknow.
and there def is very rampant econ reduc focus, but then again i don't know exactly what to expect from an org like this. like bc if it was much more voluntary and nonhierarchical i could easily and def see it being more of a community type vibe and everyones issues
could be mutually egaged with. but with the org being set up like this it feels much more like "this is the *socialist* org and thats the focus" which like isnt *necessarily* the worst thing? idk maybe if there were more specific orgs for specific things it wouldnt be so bad
it def needs to be intersectional, but like the matter of emphasis yknow idk. this shit is boring me a lot now fuck
clearly matthew was trying but OH MY GOD IM SO DONE THINKING ABOUT THIS GAH IM BORED DUDE