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queeranarchism:
If nazis wanna march in your town, the best thing to do is always to confront them, block them, to attack them, to drive them out.
But of course we can’t all do that and it can be a nice inclusive thing to also have a non-confrontational anti-fascist counter-demo at a safe location far from the nazis. That’s a perfectly valid choice. Anti-fascism should have a place for those who can’t confront nazis.
But for the love of Gods, y’all please STOP planning your counter demo at the same time as the nazi demo.
When you do this you are literally asking people to come to you instead of confronting the nazis, splitting anti-fascists into those who are prepared to confront nazis and those who are not. You are not giving people a chance to both confront nazis and be with their community at the manifestation.
The inevitable result is that some people who could have confronted nazis will go to your demo instead, whether they do so to meet a friend or hear a good speaker, whatever.
The direct consequence of a simultaneous demo is that less people will confront the nazis and the nazis will have an easier time.
Hold your demo before, or after, or on a different day. It’s a simple case of:
Don’t help nazis.
queeranarchism:
If nazis wanna march in your town, the best thing to do is always to confront them, block them, to attack them, to drive them out.
But of course we can’t all do that and it can be a nice inclusive thing to also have a non-confrontational anti-fascist counter-demo at a safe location far from the nazis. That’s a perfectly valid choice. Anti-fascism should have a place for those who can’t confront nazis.
But for the love of Gods, y’all please STOP planning your counter demo at the same time as the nazi demo.
When you do this you are literally asking people to come to you instead of confronting the nazis, splitting anti-fascists into those who are prepared to confront nazis and those who are not. You are not giving people a chance to both confront nazis and be with their community at the manifestation.
The inevitable result is that some people who could have confronted nazis will go to your demo instead, whether they do so to meet a friend or hear a good speaker, whatever.
The direct consequence of a simultaneous demo is that less people will confront the nazis and the nazis will have an easier time.
Hold your demo before, or after, or on a different day. It’s a simple case of:
Don’t help nazis.