Some very eloquent notes on violence as a necessity for resistance.
There is no paradox of tolerance, because tolerance is not a matter of ethics. It’s a peace treaty - an agreement that only covers the people who abide by its rules.
And for cis white guys who are always trying to figure out how to be an ally without talking over marginalized people, without reshaping the issue to be all about you - this guy shows how.
His tactics don’t work for marginalized people. They can’t get away with that.
Living in city centers with little space to spend time outside and a lot of space for cars is not ideal. However, the elimination of roads for cars to drive on is also usually not ideal. Superblocks, as Amanda Shendruk for the Washington Post illustrates, is an urban planning compromise that gives way to pedestrians in the center and cars around the perimeter.
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