criticisms like these need to be whispered though, since while it's more frustrating to watch them give another bad answer to the same question, they kind of are the vanguard for grappling with the question at all. sometimes requires reluctant solidarity
i don't know how this comes across but usually when i cite things directly to people the tone i intend is not like "here is the awesome evidence to back up my claim and pwn u" its like hey if ur curious heres some stuff to look at and if u have issues take it up with them i dont wanna argue about it
im glad i dont have to worry about this anymore and can just bubble myself away in safety. i have so much more to learn anyway, its unwise and premature to mention anything to others. i make exceptions for em (what else is new) plus i think she kinda gets my deal at this point
i dont fully agree with this anymore, i know the value of not being excessively quiet, but i've learned that its better for me in trusting environments
the hierarchical aspects of education could be so wondrous if they became unacquainted with the conventions, goals, and pedagogical practices of contemporary schooling
for some time now i've understood that anarchism's notion of hierarchy is a rather particularized and circumscribed thing, and yet i've given it a monopoly on my usage out of deference. i think i've outgrown the reverence
i've changed my mind on this. i think the bigger problem is that everyone wants to cite a feminist to show they're woke but the problem is that feminists haven't written anything good yet
For many the choice between Bolshevism and Fascism is rather like a choice between Satan and Beelzebub. It is difficult to say anything comforting about this. It is clear that the twentieth century is the most disturbed century within the memory of humanity.
lenin has this dismissive line that goes "that's just an objection to life in the 20th century" and while most of the time i think that's actually a good refutation, sometimes i do actually have objections to life in the 21st century