The problem with local community organizing is that not every community is equal.
My local community are normal friendly people mixed with secret racists/homophobes who are also mixed with blatant racists/homophobes. Because I live in rural bumfuck.
Sure, I could try and connect some of them but I could get a shit spewing hate surprise, or run into someone who is bigoted but keeps their bigotry private with a friendly face, so by being friendly and cooperative I’m enabling them.
I intend to move ASAP to a moderately more progressive area soonish but its a more expensive place so it’s taking me a long while of personal austerity to save up to comfortably make the move. And a lot of good people don’t have the finances or opportunity to escape these wretched awful places. They’re a lost fucking cause.
I agree. As a vampire who immolates in the sun (well, gets sick after about an hour of light sun, or twenty minutes of August desert sun in 117°F) I’m not made to wave signs. Also I’m not great with crowds.
So for the No Kings rally, I figured: park me under a pavilion and I’ll hand out water bottles! Or put me on the cook line and I’ll stuff tacos! We are giving out tacos and water bottles right?
Not even water bottles in a major municipality. WTF?
With further research I found that the only food-centers mutual aid organizations are a couple of food pantries. In Sacramento, California.
Disappointment! Disappointment as far as the eye can see!
The problem with local community organizing is that not every community is equal.
My local community are normal friendly people mixed with secret racists/homophobes who are also mixed with blatant racists/homophobes. Because I live in rural bumfuck.
Sure, I could try and connect some of them but I could get a shit spewing hate surprise, or run into someone who is bigoted but keeps their bigotry private with a friendly face, so by being friendly and cooperative I’m enabling them.
I intend to move ASAP to a moderately more progressive area soonish but its a more expensive place so it’s taking me a long while of personal austerity to save up to comfortably make the move. And a lot of good people don’t have the finances or opportunity to escape these wretched awful places. They’re a lost fucking cause.
I agree. As a vampire who immolates in the sun (well, gets sick after about an hour of light sun, or twenty minutes of August desert sun in 117°F) I’m not made to wave signs. Also I’m not great with crowds.
So for the No Kings rally, I figured: park me under a pavilion and I’ll hand out water bottles! Or put me on the cook line and I’ll stuff tacos! We are giving out tacos and water bottles right?
Not even water bottles in a major municipality. WTF?
With further research I found that the only food-centers mutual aid organizations are a couple of food pantries. In Sacramento, California.
Disappointment! Disappointment as far as the eye can see!