And that means that my loyalties to trans comrades has to come before anarchist principles. That means some uncomfortable shit, and it means acknowledging that I've already given the state a fuckload of info about who I am that they can use to target me regardless.
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I am very privileged in many ways. I work in tech. My household income is in the six figures and the first number isn't a 1. I can withstand a lot. But not all trans people can.
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And if a trans person is hurt in an act of terror or violence and can't work, it is *FAR* more likely than not that they don't have the money to last until the next rent payment comes due.
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To access money one is entitled to--insurance funds, victim compensation funds--one must often file a police report. That means engaging with the state.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
We can’t control what the state with information they are given. Even benign details can be used to connect dots we don’t know they are trying to connect. If we agree the State is ultimately a white supremacist structure...
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Replying to @chaos_stuff
Yes, you are explaining very basic 101 level stuff to me
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Then I suppose I don’t understand exactly what you’re getting at. The logic doesn’t follow that just because you have to give more info about you personally, why this then means you should put yourself and others at even more risk by engaging with a state investigation?
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That's not the conclusion I'm drawing. I'm saying that being trans by itself *already* puts you at that risk level, regardless. That it's part of the value calculus.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I can see how it puts you at *more* risk, but not how it’s the same as cooperating with an investigation clearly meant to drum up info on anti-fascists. If they wanted to dismantle the Right, they would have. Their opsec is god awful
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Yeah I'm not talking about any specific investigation with this thread. I'm talking generally.
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My Aug 11 references were just to draw an example of the kind of targeting that often happens.
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