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They aren’t exactly shy about their goals: “This website is intended as a tool to empower community members engaged in copwatch and other countersurveillance p
by jdgoesmarching 4y ago
They aren’t exactly shy about their goals:
“This website is intended as a tool to empower community members engaged in copwatch and other countersurveillance practices. You can use it to identify officers who are causing harm in your community”
“Political” is not the slur you think it is to activists. Ironically, the belief that good social action should be some sort of pure pragmatism unsullied by politics is itself a deeply embedded neoliberal ideology.
Plenty of people are anti-police, for good reason, and that position is just as ideological as yours. It’s fair to debate that position, but it’s naive to view political agitation as some sort of sneaky sinister plot. I promise these people, least of all the “genuine victims”, aren’t concerned with whether their tactics fall outside the Overton window of centrist-approved police protests.
- systemvoltage 4y agoAnarchism is a political ideology though. OP is saying that there is much more than simply holding police abuse accountable.
- kevviiinn 4y agoWhere does anarchism come in? That seems like a pretty big leap in logic