fortmis

fortmis wrote (edited )

Music theory can be suffocating but I've heard too much "soul" touching music made by musicians that engage in a complex relationship with music theory to say that music theory as a whole desensitizes people.

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fortmis wrote

Idk, i really like this piece and generally find it to be insightful and way more sensitive and intelligent than the crimethinc piece BUT i also think its author chose to willfully misunderstand stuff from the original article. The AB media piece would be much stronger if they cut out the low blows (referencing articles from your own website is not inherently problematic) and the weird Ukraine stuff.

I think this is their strongest point:

While it would be easy to dismiss this as the Outlet cautiously mitigating any potential liability if self-immolation generalizes, the rejection of the framework of martyrdom demands attention. The question is not whether Aaron qualifies as a shahid within the Palestinian context, although demonstrators in Yemen have proclaimed Aaron a “martyr of humanity” and an argument can be made for him having become an anarchist martyr in the lineage of Louis Lingg, Avalon, and Mikhail Vasilievich Zhlobitsky. The bigger issue: the Outlet’s assertion that an individual’s death, particularly in the context of the US, is the “worst of all possible certainties” reveals a deep disconnect with the context of this entire decolonial struggle. In the days following October 7th, anti-colonial anarchist thinkers such as Zoé Samudzi argued that the figure of the martyr marked a fundamental contradiction for the secular left’s ability to fully comprehend and act in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. The martyrs constitute a force in the present for all who live and continue to struggle. Aaron framed his self-immolation as “not that extreme” compared to the ascension to martyrdom of tens of thousands in Gaza. By implying that Aaron’s choice was too extreme, the Outlet dishonors the reality of the struggle within Palestine and undercuts the potential of Aaron’s sacrifice.

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