I think I have reached a point in my political evolution where I can honestly call myself an enlightened leftist. And ironically, part of that enlightenment has been realizing that I don’t really want to call myself a leftist anymore. Yeah. I know. That sounds contradictory as fuck. But hear me out. I have reachedContinue reading “I Reject the Political Spectrum”
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The Ideological Inconvenience Nobody on the Left Wants to Talk About
There is a particular kind of cognitive dissonance that happens when the facts of a story refuse to cooperate with the story you have already decided to tell, and I think we are watching that dissonance play out in real time with Luigi Mangione, because the more that actually comes out about who this guyContinue reading “The Ideological Inconvenience Nobody on the Left Wants to Talk About”
Radical Compassion in the Face of Hate: A Core of Anarcho-Compassionism
One of the biggest criticisms that anarcho-compassionism will inevitably face—especially from people on the left—is the idea that extending compassion to fascists, Nazis, and the far right is naïve, dangerous, or even suicidal. They’ll say: “Your compassion for fascists will get you killed.” But I reject that. I believe the opposite: it is not ourContinue reading “Radical Compassion in the Face of Hate: A Core of Anarcho-Compassionism”