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today i began looking for a new job. it was really cold outside. my gloves got a hole in them and by the time i got home, i couldn't feel my hands anymore. i think i might be getting sick too, but i hope not.
i hate how typically, modern young anarchists tend to generally head in the direction which they claim to be fighting against, discrimination and complete unacceptance of those that "oppose" them. i guess somehow in their eyes its a justified reaction to the "the man". it seems so obvious to me that the only solution to so many of the world's problems is through cooperation, with each other, and that fighting those who don't agree with you, rather than embracing them, is an absolute waste of time. it seems that trying to coerce people into believing "our" "ideals/morals/agenda" is exactly what we seem to stand against. we need to begin to realize that change is going to come about from the ground up. if we continue to chase the fire with a 89 cent walgreens squirt gun, cleaning up the blackened remains, we're going to have nothing left but a charred barren earth. i guess this just came about cause earlier this week in anarchists someone posted a picture of a "fat ugly idiot american woman" protesting palestinian suicide bombings with israelis. everyone commented on how dumb she looked, how fat and ugly her shirt was, how she needed a haircut. had she not been wearing that "obnoxiously stupid" american flag shirt, and had she been on the other side, protesting isreali occupation, people wouldn't have turned a cheek. this is the kind of ignorance i was trying to point out. i guess i have just been thinking about that a lot this week and figured i should write it out to maybe clear some stuff in my head
i've been reading dostoevsky a lot lately, and he's a pretty amazing writer, even through translations.
i hate how typically, modern young anarchists tend to generally head in the direction which they claim to be fighting against, discrimination and complete unacceptance of those that "oppose" them. i guess somehow in their eyes its a justified reaction to the "the man". it seems so obvious to me that the only solution to so many of the world's problems is through cooperation, with each other, and that fighting those who don't agree with you, rather than embracing them, is an absolute waste of time. it seems that trying to coerce people into believing "our" "ideals/morals/agenda" is exactly what we seem to stand against. we need to begin to realize that change is going to come about from the ground up. if we continue to chase the fire with a 89 cent walgreens squirt gun, cleaning up the blackened remains, we're going to have nothing left but a charred barren earth. i guess this just came about cause earlier this week in anarchists someone posted a picture of a "fat ugly idiot american woman" protesting palestinian suicide bombings with israelis. everyone commented on how dumb she looked, how fat and ugly her shirt was, how she needed a haircut. had she not been wearing that "obnoxiously stupid" american flag shirt, and had she been on the other side, protesting isreali occupation, people wouldn't have turned a cheek. this is the kind of ignorance i was trying to point out. i guess i have just been thinking about that a lot this week and figured i should write it out to maybe clear some stuff in my head
i've been reading dostoevsky a lot lately, and he's a pretty amazing writer, even through translations.