This definitely rings true with so much talk lately of "dominating battle
spaces." I do think it is all about expectations. If a space is defined as one
in which to grieve, I suspect mediation would not be welcome, and vice versa.
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 11:11 PM, Julian Oliver [email protected] wrote:
..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
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