also the linked article is a good counterpoint to ‘leftists can’t support gun control’

socialistfoto:

marsincharge:

marsincharge:

Those poor Parkland teenagers are figureheads for a bunch of gun control orgs whose ‘politics’ and language surrounding mental health is drenched in ableism and based on armchair diagnosing murderers. This was inspiring for maybe to weeks total and now I’m just distrustful and jaded again.

Oh and I just saw the video where they have these kids talmbout how assault weapons should only be used by the military and the police so That’s Definitely Over for me. That movement is dead, they’re not getting more of my time because as “intersectional” as this thing is on the surface level, them stanning the police and being a-okay with gun violence against innocent victims of the American military let’s me know this is just repackaged rhetoric I’ve heard before.

i agree the politics is garbage but 1. theyre high school students and they don’t know better (oversimplified obviously but i’m not gonna go into it) but 2. this movement is being hijacked by the democratic party. their demands and rhetoric and shaped entirely by the democratic party who have already invested millions of dollars into PR and campaigns around gun control. it is NOT entirely the parkland teens and to direct your anger and frustration about gun violence at these teens is foolish. their platform is co-opted by the democratic establishment. all progressive movements that are popping off now are and will continue to be hijacked and bastardized by the democratic establishment. don’t talk about these students lack of politics without first reprimanding the media’s role in criminalizing black folks first when black people been organizing around gun violence in communities every damn day. the media that criminalizes black victims of shootings. the same media that gave a platform to trump and white nationalists. there are so many people and communities around this country that are ORGANIZING against violence and all other issues that stem from this. you talk about armchair diagnosis but what are you doing besides complaining on the internet? take this opportunity to look into what organizers are doing and saying about gun violence and push that agenda into the work you do. being jaded is useless honestly and really does nothing but allow the neoliberal rhetoric to run its course. i’m not jaded, i’m inspired and i’m gonna continue to push the radical anti gun violence messaging that i believe in and use this opportunity to change the hijacked rhetoric of gun control. the democratic party and republican party and the NRA go hand in hand when their agenda is military spending and militarization of the police forces in this country.

here’s a good socialist analysis on gun control for starters: https://www.liberationnews.org/united-states-violence-socialist-approach-student-walkouts-gun-control/

now is not the time to be frustrated against high school students, it is this entire system that is to blame and instead of wasting your time being jaded, organize your community and shift the focus away from that horseshit politics that the media is happily supporting.