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May 5, 2023Liked by David Rovics

It's hard to believe that all of this stuff is happening on it's own, without any push from people who want to sidetrack and divide movements. I think the WTO and anti-globalization movement got people in high places scared. It may be private sector or FBI COINTELPRO type stuff, but I'm convinced that people have been fanned out nationwide to make it hard for organizations to attract and retain members. Great organizations of great people seem unable to sort out issues of oppression amongst themselves and disband.

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i completely agree. there are definitely cops involved with this stuff, especially online, and they're probably from multiple countries/jurisdictions, i'm guessing. the social media platforms make it so much easier for them, as do various aspects of contemporary identitarian, "believe whichever victim is most oppressed" culture.

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"who might be considered rightwingers"!? We've been over this before, David. Matthew Heimbach is the leader of a nazi party. It's not a grayscale situation, you invited a nazi. You can twist that any way you want, but I can't blame anyone for deciding not to support that action.

Hope to see you back in DK soon, we can have it out over a beer.

-Tias

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we've been over this before? tias, you have a bit of an attitude problem. but aside from that, your point is irrelevant. i believe in communicating with nazis, whether or not heimbach is a nazi.

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