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  1. An interesting thing that Lorenzo Ervin criticizes, that I'm remembering on rereading this, is the tendency for white radicals to hyperfixate on open fascists and Nazis. He says obviously fascists are dangerous and should be combatted, but what white radicals do is... @__MoBlack/1491492485595635714
    1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
      ...they boil down anti-racism to beating up Nazis in the streets. No organizing around the police, who kill far more people yearly, or politicians, or even reaching out to the white working class. Just beat up a Nazi so other white radicals think you're cool and call it a day.
      1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
        Vaush and co are much the same. They are largely unwilling to listen to Black radicals or let us lead our own movements. They refuse to dismantle racism in their own spaces. They instead debate a Nazi on stream for the performance in substitute for doing anything useful or hard