I think it’s a good statement, short and to the point. The replies are absolute poison though, hasbara bots really honing in on them. Feds will try and make something stick but it doesn’t sound like he was even a member.
I think it’s a good statement, short and to the point. The replies are absolute poison though, hasbara bots really honing in on them. Feds will try and make something stick but it doesn’t sound like he was even a member.
This kind of thing is why we don’t do adventurism. The shooter decided, without talking to anyone, that it was time to start shooting. Now PSL has an unexpected PR battle, and possible investigation, dropped on them without warning. Where is the strategy in that? How does this help PSL or the rest of us win the class war?
It’s not even really about being on our best behavior or good PR, it’s about practicality. Feds will come for the orgs eventually. But this kind of shit does not combat it in any way.
This would make more sense if he was even a member of PSL; he is not. He, like many of us, attended a PSL march a few years ago and was photographed doing so.
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Yes, but the problem is that the US state is not looking for fairness. They will use any possible excuse or precedent to persecute orgs that act against the state’s interests.
That said, any org that fights state interests, needs to be ready to respond whenever those excuses and precedents are brought up. It’s part of the game.
I’m not arguing for this specific act, but there’s always going to be some point where PSL becomes explicitly illegal and has to operate as an underground organization, right?
That time doesn’t feel very far away to me, given the current milieu. Sure this act might speed things up, but the car was headed over the cliff regardless.
*edit: agreed that it’s probably better for PSL to manage that transition on their own terms