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Got reported to KAPO - Update!
(hexbear.net)
Someone who knows me IRL, as in by name, reported me to the Estonian State Security Agency probably for that one time I flipped the bird at the Foreign Ministry or attending a Palestinian rally, waving both the South African and Palestinian flag, while donning a keffiyeh and one of those fancy hats from Nigeria. Most likely they recognized me from pictures taken.
UPDATE: The 3-hours long discussion was nowhere near as horrific as I'd envision. Even in this BalticraKKKer land, I was able to pretty openly like... quite literally, post. To put it briefly, it was basically explaining historic/material analysis and what critical support means. In the least likeliest of all places, lmao.
Reminder to people that it's important to be careful in what you do online and irl.
I always admire the bravery of adventurists, don't get me wrong, but little gets achieved by even the most stupendous acts of bravery by people like Aaron Bushnell or Willem van Spronsen (I haven't forgotten van Spronsen but, unfortunately, the world has).
I see people who post things online and I hear of people doing things irl that are going to attract the attention of the feds that I also count as a form of adventurism, and I also have a sincere appreciation of the courage it takes to do these things but we must remember that the internet is where praxis goes to die; nothing truly gets achieved online and that means fedbait posting likewise achieves nothing. We must also remember that attracting the attention of the feds through irl actions isn't going to achieve our goals; it won't help anyone in Palestine if we get ourselves arrested and thrown in jail because we happened to chant the wrong thing for fly the wrong flag. (Well I suppose it might help the settlers in Palestine...)
If you get yourself arrested for direct action like participating in a blockade, you have my uncritical support but if you get yourself arrested because you are publicly voicing your support for Hamas or you are flying the flag of the PFLP, you have my dismay.
Our governments would love nothing more than to have the pretext to surveil, infiltrate, and imprison us. We should not hand them that pretext willingly.
What's the difference between adventurism and getting the goods? It has always been a matter of timing and mass support.
Learn from Aleksandr Ulyanov and always remember the reason why the only Ulyanov family member that the world remembers is Vladimir. Stay safe out there!