Ever since the events at the ill fated London Anarchist Bookfair in the autumn of 2017, the two of us behind this project have increasingly been ploughing our own furrow, moving away from what passes for an anarchist movement here in the UK.
There's a lot I could say here, but I've got one thought. You mention a split amongst gender-critical feminists around attendance at Tommy Robinson's rallies. Funny how much energy is spent trying to police other people's actions.
Should so-and-so go to someone's rally? Well, in my world, everyone makes their own choices about who and what to associate with. Shame and blame are - sorry - childish ways of trying to push 'my' preferences on others.
I want to be something that we used to think of as 'tolerant' - not the rebranded tolerance that says that 'tolerant' people follow *my* rules and *my* preferences - if I am one of the currently favoured few.
Real tolerance means accepting that we are all free to have whatever opinions we like - as long as we do not *physically* hurt someone else in the name of our opinions. That is beyond the pale, and real violence.
No, no, no. We do not do hurt others physically. We agree to disagree, if we do have a different opinion. Sometimes it's just that we use different words to mean different things. Lord, are words complicated little things.
Maybe I sound like someone's grandma. I'm not. I don't have children. I am female, despite the fact that AZ Parhelia may sound like a male name. I'm also near 70 and probably write in a different style to most people. That's okay. That's real diversity. Different viewpoints, all tendered with a willingness to accept that others' opinions are their business and not mine.
There's a lot I could say here, but I've got one thought. You mention a split amongst gender-critical feminists around attendance at Tommy Robinson's rallies. Funny how much energy is spent trying to police other people's actions.
Should so-and-so go to someone's rally? Well, in my world, everyone makes their own choices about who and what to associate with. Shame and blame are - sorry - childish ways of trying to push 'my' preferences on others.
I want to be something that we used to think of as 'tolerant' - not the rebranded tolerance that says that 'tolerant' people follow *my* rules and *my* preferences - if I am one of the currently favoured few.
Real tolerance means accepting that we are all free to have whatever opinions we like - as long as we do not *physically* hurt someone else in the name of our opinions. That is beyond the pale, and real violence.
No, no, no. We do not do hurt others physically. We agree to disagree, if we do have a different opinion. Sometimes it's just that we use different words to mean different things. Lord, are words complicated little things.
Maybe I sound like someone's grandma. I'm not. I don't have children. I am female, despite the fact that AZ Parhelia may sound like a male name. I'm also near 70 and probably write in a different style to most people. That's okay. That's real diversity. Different viewpoints, all tendered with a willingness to accept that others' opinions are their business and not mine.