The problem with local community organizing is that not every community is equal.
My local community are normal friendly people mixed with secret racists/homophobes who are also mixed with blatant racists/homophobes. Because I live in rural bumfuck.
Sure, I could try and connect some of them but I could get a shit spewing hate surprise, or run into someone who is bigoted but keeps their bigotry private with a friendly face, so by being friendly and cooperative I’m enabling them.
I intend to move ASAP to a moderately more progressive area soonish but its a more expensive place so it’s taking me a long while of personal austerity to save up to comfortably make the move. And a lot of good people don’t have the finances or opportunity to escape these wretched awful places. They’re a lost fucking cause.
The problem with local community organizing is that not every community is equal.
My local community are normal friendly people mixed with secret racists/homophobes who are also mixed with blatant racists/homophobes. Because I live in rural bumfuck.
Sure, I could try and connect some of them but I could get a shit spewing hate surprise, or run into someone who is bigoted but keeps their bigotry private with a friendly face, so by being friendly and cooperative I’m enabling them.
I intend to move ASAP to a moderately more progressive area soonish but its a more expensive place so it’s taking me a long while of personal austerity to save up to comfortably make the move. And a lot of good people don’t have the finances or opportunity to escape these wretched awful places. They’re a lost fucking cause.