This is fascist thinking, I believe: identify a group of people and authorize or at least self-excuse all violence toward them, regardless of their individual actions. This is the reasoning behind antisemitism, islamophobia, anti-trans ideology, etc.

"But this is different! Fascists are actually hurting people!"

Yes, that is exactly what fascists believe.

#process is everything, or close enough that the difference usually doesn't matter.

Edit: I was being a little slappy with "fascist thinking" above: thinking this about fascists is not necessarily fascism, I don't think (though it would take many words to explain and I'm not sure I'm right). It's a pretty big problem, however, especially if people who think like this are ever in charge of anything big. This kind of thinking, I believe, can lead to systems that cause as much suffering as fascism (see Soviet Union) and sometimes to actual fascism, as well.

/fin

#fascism #subtoot #activism #radicalism #nietzsche

Another Nietzsche quote: "Mistrust all in whom the urge to punish is powerful."

Even if they have "antifa" in their profile.

It is tiring and a little alarming to see what appear to be calls for violence as the "obvious" response to problems that have nonviolent solutions with a higher likelihood of success, and toward people because they've been identified as fascists, rather than because of any harm they have caused.

#fascism #radicalism #resistance #criticalthinking

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If the fascist actions can be stopped without violence, then do that. Always. Of course this means looking down the road a bit, but stay away from "use violence to prevent all fascism going forward" because that's how genocides, pogroms, and "how did my loving collectivist government turn into repressive totalitarian regime?" happen.

Hate the game, not the player, or something like that. Take care you don't become a monster when you're fighting monsters.

#fascism #radicalism #resistance #nietzsche

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