An epistemological reminder.
Fascists lie, lie, lie, and lie some more.
They plant drugs and other false evidence.
They burn buildings, and worse, and then claim their enemies did it.
By all means, ask people chronicling the regime's crimes for sources. Remember, of course, that they may _be_ the sources: witnesses, friends, victims.
But do not trust anything the fascist shitheads or their defenders and enablers say. If they claim the sky is blue, look outside -- it may be on fire.
@eloquence Actually, in some odd way they believe their lies. But they know they’re lying at the same time.
Because they believe in something else, a ”mythical truth”. And belief in their mythical truth is actually strengthened when they contradict reality.
Showing belief in the mythical truth above reality, they believe, earns them respect from their peers. And the harder the lie required to punch through, the more they feel they are getting, from those who value only loyalty.
This is why you can't be reactive to fascism, it has to be proactive. They are going to find a way to do what they want, whether it's musrepresenting something or staging false flags, and people may say "Well, don't do this or don't do that because it might antagonize them" but our job is to be antagonistic to fascism, to degrade and destroy their power structures, to relentlessly push back on them until they collapse.
Erik Moeller
Toni Aittoniemi
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