7) Worth noting-- the left definitely has unaddressed issues with gender-based violence. See the wonderful zine "Accounting for Ourselves" for more on that: https://ia902307.us.archive.org/21/items/AccountingForOurselves/accounting-for-ourselves_screen.pdf … But it's not a point of recruitment, like it is for the alt-light and alt-right.
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18) Those of us who deal with intimate partner violence have an acronym-- "DARVO." It describes how abusers deal with being confronted for their actions. It stands for: Deny Attack Reverse victim and offender
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19) And whenever I expose a fascist, guess what happens? Fashy commenters come crawling out in droves to deny basic material facts.pic.twitter.com/1yx9jlnuHg
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20) Even conservative, but fash-sympathetic media outlets get in on the game. And they DARVO hard. The "sword" they're talking about? It belonged to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.pic.twitter.com/rR2abX6nkM
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21) That dude you know who has some accusations swirling around him? But everyone in the scene is still cool with him because he books noise shows or whatever? Give him six months. He's all primed to be recruited by fascists.
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22) And by not confronting him, you're letting your scene get infiltrated by fash. Don't do that. I promise it's not worth getting your band on a shitty noise show.
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23) For more on this dynamic, check out Courtney Desiree Morris' "Why Misogynists Make Great Informants":https://incite-national.org/2010/07/15/why-misogynists-make-great-informants-how-gender-violence-on-the-left-enables-state-violence-in-radical-movements/ …
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24) Being cool with your bro because his ex is "crazy"? That's collaboration, you fucking quisling. Confronting abusers is anti-fascism. Supporting survivors is anti-fascism. Our strength is our community. So let's all be strong enough to shoulder this burden. </thread>
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