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watch out, we got a badass here
This is a completely fair response and I think I was overly broad with my original comment. For what it's worth, I don't believe I'm a badass, I'm a joke of an organizer - I'm just speaking from the perspective of someone active in the scene. And left-wing security culture has by far been more of a detriment to organization locally than a boon.
If someone doesn't have the time, energy, or inclination to do organizing work IRL I think that's totally fine. Everyone has the right to enjoy their personal time how they see fit, and that may include posting on a niche left-wing Internet forum; and not everyone is in a good place in their life to do organizing work.
What bugs me is clowns on the Internet spreading self-defeating paranoia-induced "privacy best practices". Read any modern work of theory; hell, listen to a shitty leftist podcast; and they'll tell you that the most effective weapon the Capitalist class has is not shooting you with a gun or putting you in jail; it's the chilling effect on speech that their threats engender.
It is asinine to consider filing a FOIA request on Hexbear a serious mistake.
Yeah I don't disagree people should be organizing in person I just thought posing it as cowardice to not do so was a little bit over the top. I'm neutral on whether FOIA-ing this silly shitposting website was bad or good.
Thank you for calling me out and keeping me honest; I think we're basically on the same wavelength
The more I get involved with my org the more I agree with the take
That's kind of the point. We have to watch out because sometimes the opportunity comes along and you find yourself pulled into a local action group and suddenly you're "a badass" because you're helping a bunch of boomers fight a multimillionaire capitalist known for sending violent men to the houses of the people who stand up to them and their projects.
Not me of course I'm just a harmless liberal.