..on Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:58:23AM -0700, Rob Myers wrote: > On 2020-06-10 10:22 a.m., fuzzyTew wrote: > > > > The right mediation might help people participating in opposing efforts > > grow understanding of each other, so they can struggle in support of > > each other rather than conflict. > People who don't want to be killed struggling in support of the people > who want to kill them doesn't seem like the best idea. > > But that isn't the problem here. The problem is griefing, and mediating > that simply enables it. > > So no. > > Don't do that. >
Agreed. I've seen be ruinous in activist movements I've been involved with, presently a struggle in several large chapters of Extinction Rebellion. It's important to understand that many don't want less conflict, rather more of it; they don't want resolution, rather to control, to dominate. Just as a burglary is not 'a dispute over property', seeking to mediate between a community and a troll group only nourishes a culture of abuse. Re-framing an attack as a 'perspective' is a device diversely employed by the far and 'alt' right. Cheers, Julian -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
