Post B2NiCSYRl9dNGa89VQ by artemis@dice.camp
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(DIR) Post #B2NiCPKVkVhjGUaTrs by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T14:50:48Z
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RE: https://dice.camp/@artemis/115910119918578958Someone quote tweeted this & said that "this is propaganda that leads to genocide" & is using the language of the Heritage Foundation/Project 2025. Went on in this vein for a while. Apparently it's very racist of me to have the political philosophy I learned from Black & indigenous people.
(DIR) Post #B2NiCQYjB8fd4sFLfM by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T14:51:33Z
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Me: "down with the genocidal empire!"Them: "saying that is actually, literally genocide."
(DIR) Post #B2NiCRq8PuBl39OlRA by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T14:54:11Z
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Me: "we can't stay with a political system built to systemically oppress people & that requires constant violence to maintain."Them: "um, you're saying you want marginalized people to die."
(DIR) Post #B2NiCSYRl9dNGa89VQ by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T15:05:11Z
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One of the reasons that "incremental change" doesn't work is that—while progress takes a long time—they sure can very efficiently steal from, imprison, & kill a whole bunch of people.Are we going to ask them to do it just a little less every year? Are we going to sit back every time this violence is done & say "they wouldn't want us to intervene. Rapid change hurts marginalized people most. A lot of people will die if we upset the status quo."A lot of people *are* dying, motherfucker!
(DIR) Post #B2NiCTM4mdKhkVLmrY by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2026-01-17T16:30:44.714853Z
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@artemis Plus like, there's a ton of people, ones more aligned towards reforms can do their incremental changes, while others go help people right now as well.In fact reforms would probably have a hard time passing otherwise.Status quo defenders on the other hand are entirely part of the problem.
(DIR) Post #B2NiCaQEVZojfQLhoW by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T15:09:30Z
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You know that here in the US, the indigenous genocide is STILL ongoing through many different means, right?How many more years do we let it go on in the name of "protecting" the people to whom it is being done?How long exactly is tolerable? How many more years of erasure & eugenic policy will we have before we finally "make enough progress"?
(DIR) Post #B2NiCiSIdmDwa9NT96 by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T15:13:00Z
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"waiting on incremental change" is not a state of stasis. It's not like the damage & violence stop accruing.It's not like they stop criminalizing & imprisoning Black men. It's not like they stop their racist, eugenicist policies. It's not like they stop looting & plundering from everyone. It's not like any of this shit stops while we wait.The death toll can only ever go up.
(DIR) Post #B2NiCqhpxtPEAehzTU by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T15:37:28Z
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Based on the instance they were on, this was probably a "middle-class" queer white person feeling concerned about their own personal safety.Let me just say as a "middle-class" queer white person, personally I'll take my chances with the resistance. There are no comforts sweeter than solidarity & the hope of a better tomorrow. I'm not sitting around waiting for it to be my turn.In any case, queer people are almost certainly next on the agenda, so I wouldn't have to wait very long.
(DIR) Post #B2NiCy9OHqbbG8eatU by artemis@dice.camp
2026-01-17T15:42:53Z
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Seriously, besties, we can take care of each other better than anyone. The reason that shit "fails" is because of violence (aided by bureaucracy) intended to break our solidarity & prevent us from helping one another.