I agree with you, however I’d argue that it was the aftermath of his death that displays how racism is about power, rather than his murder. The reason I’m calling it interpersonal is because most accounts accused him (falsely) of catcalling/whistling at a white woman

Me: racism is about power. Lists a bunch of racism

Those are all systemic! What about the interpersonal racism??!?!??

Me: ok, then list some famous historical instances of interpersonal racism.

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I’d like a list of interpersonal racism that has the same historical impact, then. I’ll help you get started:

• The murder of Emmett Till

We used to make this joke with my mom when she picked up pizza. Now she does it unironically “look what I made with ai!”. It’s a little disappointing honestly

Thank you for putting to words the reason why I felt it’s not correct and harmful to the trans community with the “gender affirming care”. It’s technically correct, but it’s using trans people as a bludgeon

10/10 article. For folks that want more directed guidance, I recommend the CODE-CWA Organizer Training

Israel is systematically killing aid workers and preventing aid from entering, but sure 1 raid from the Palestinian resistance is stopping aid

I’ve successfully rested my eyes, but it’s a razor thin line to walk

I’ve heard rumors about lettuce, but that’s unverified word-of-mouth

I’m all for morning drinking, but pairing a dry white with boiled eggs just doesn’t seem like a good match

Congratulations, you found a nonslur usage of the word. That doesn’t make it less of a slur.

These are not “what-if” scenarios. These are things that have happened and are currently happening. You clearly don’t actually support us, and it’s upsetting to you that we’re fighting as hard as we can with what little power we have in a manner you don’t like.

This action got Target to stop collaborating, so it clearly worked.

We were preventing truckers from picking up.

So turning away truckers at distribution centers of collaborator corporations isn’t attacking the assets?

Got it, so instead of meeting the moment in the area we live, we all need to abandon our vulnerable people and vacate the area to commit mass vandalism at the capitol 1200 miles away?

Glad you brought up radical action. DAMN was erecting hard barricades to completely block ICE from entering or leaving areas, i.e. the day Alex Pretti was murdered people moved a dumpster into the street to prevent ICE from leaving, and set it on fire to prevent it from being moved.

We were also forming soft barricades with our bodies and homemade shields. We also disrupted the flow of capital towards corporations coordinating with ICE by picketing their distribution centers and turning away truckers.

I’d argue that these efforts are more important and more impactful than uncoordinated vandalism.

Other people and groups participated in wakeups, where people violate noise ordinances late at night near the hotels ICE is staying. This did involve the exact type of vandalism you’re talking about.

Lol, stay malding. Your attempt at trolling isn’t working, and I’m going to continue to shut down your bad faith arguments

I switched to my alt so I can ignore them as soon as I get bored. I’m mostly entertained by this argument actually, it’s fun to get trolls upset because they aren’t getting people mad

Your country, and presumably you, are participating in boycotts. That’s not a bad start, but that’s not really direct action and doesn’t answer how specifically you joining the military will directly help people in the US fight fascism. You could be in the streets, disrupting the logistics chain of corporations profiting from ICE. By your own logic, you’re just sitting on your hands and are a weak person in the face of authoritarianism.

You also forgot to talk about what we should be doing differently.