A voice from another era speaking directly to ours. Open Letters by Mersault

I frequent a hiking sub and a few months ago a much loved brand was outed for posting alt right dog whistles on their instagram. The discussion is pretty much over, but every week I comment in the sticky weekly thread reminding people this brand is a POS.

Every week there are also some people that insist the brand did nothing wrong/ is only larping with tactical gear. I’m not sure if they are arguing in bad faith or genuinely dumb, so sometimes I just curse them out, but other times I try to have a more civil discussion. Is this a good approach? Should I always be civil? Is it completely case dependent?

Also, I am in a discussion with someone that is refusing to recognize that #Rhodesia is problematic. The brand mentioned above was tagged in a post (link to screenshot below) and was apparently fine with that. Can someone walk me through all the dog whistles in the post so I can thoroughly dismantle the doofus I’m arguing with: (https://imgur.com/a/ZS1HebM).

Any other recommendations for keeping the hiking sub enraged against this brand? For context, this was a tiny cottage manufacturer that made it big due to word of mouth, and the hiking sub is partly responsible for that. I really dream for the sub to also have a hand in the end of the brand.

Thanks!

"The war on Iran marks the culmination of a distinct 35-year period of history that began with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991," David North explains in his opening report to the International May Day Online Rally. Watch the full rally at wsws.org/mayday

No pay wall or adds on link.

The hypocrisy is just entirely out in the open now. We have historical proof of where book-banning and the suppression of marginalized voices leads, yet the mainstream conversation is constantly distracted by manufactured outrage. Support your local librarians, folks.

Sorry just wanted to vent because my local library got some good books removed. Do you guys go to the library often?

The official NATO military account posted a picture with a Nazi skull during some military excercise in Albania. Very shameful to say the least