Submitted by Archaplain in lobby

just thought there should be one place to compile all the bad takes, horrible shit anarchists/socialists have done etc, from all famous names (you know who i am talking about) in anarchist circles so i dont have to go hunting for links everytime someone asks me "but what is wrong with Mr. X?". Once its done it could be in the sidebar of f/Kill_Your_Idols. so uh thoughts?

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kin wrote

I gonna say it's a good project..

But it's easy to fall under bad stuff, so let's play Devil's Advocate for a bit and say that we avoid any bad stuff like "Makhno organizated pogroms" or "Durruti filled a train wagon full of gays, prostitutes and any lumpen he found in Barcelona and torched it"

Many of this is propaganda, and can lead to some controversy

My point: this gonna be lots of works to be done responsible and even that gonna stir the pot a bit, some anarchists hold dear many figures.

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Archaplain OP wrote

Yeah its gonna be really tricky in the absence of reliable primary sources in some cases like the ones you mentioned, i think it would be best to start with newer people like late 20th century and work the way backwards after that.

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Archaplain OP wrote (edited )

Another problem that just occurred to me with this idea is that by overtly focusing on these figure i might end up causing the opposite of what i intend, Because my aim isnt to make a vicious takedown of famous anarchists (as Black did with Bookchin) as that will bias the entire thing in just one direction, but to be skeptical of big names and leaders that pop up every now and then.

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ChaosAnarchy wrote

Might as well start with the whole /r/antiwork "optics" thing the liberals spammed etc

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Archaplain OP wrote

huh?

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ChaosAnarchy wrote (edited )

So the headmod.... uhh antiwork.com? was originally tried to be kicked (by the liberals) for the horrible fox news interview and not for the rape allegations.

Ultimately they were kicked after the rape allegations came up.

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Archaplain OP wrote

yeah i know abt the incident, but i dont see how its relevant.

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