<p dir="ltr">You misread me. Please do not see our two comments as agreeing. I would not conflate support of institutional racism with marks of tribal allegiance as maestro has, and would ask him to consider the relationship of the prejudiced and the prejudged in the case of 'white power' vs 'black power', which has recent, well documented efforts to build social approval for the violent control of the other, and how this access to power highlights in contrast elements of collective, anarchic decision making that we cherish i.e. the powerless are offered the same respect and authority as those in the group who belong to classes unfazed by the market, law or religion.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also Snail, outside this semantic debate, I would point out that he shaves to the skin, dresses skin, and 'acts' skin; he prominently displays his ink with muscle tees. To be perfectly honest, he wouldn't be the first ARA slugger with old racist ink, but he'd be the first to have it without defacement. I'm not going to violate his personhood in Nb, but know plenty of people who would on sight, even here on the west coast.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best<br>
-dru</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 17, 2013 5:18 PM, "Snail" <<a href="mailto:snailtsunami@gmail.com">snailtsunami@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div>....<br><br>Am I the only one here reading these two comments and saying "WHAT THE EVERLASTING FUCK?? HOW ARE YOU SO OK WITH THIS. I AM NOT OK WITH THIS. THIS IS NOT OK."<br><br></div><div>I don't feel very casual or comfortable at all about someone waltzing around with a white power slogan, whether they "mean it" or not. If they didn't "mean it" they would know better, they would know to cover it up, because this shit is scary.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Andrew Byrne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@pachakutech.com" target="_blank">andrew@pachakutech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">I've known people--skinheads--who've infiltrated violent racist skinhead groups with great success; I realize people have a lot of reasons to get inked and he may enjoy being approached about it in a friendly, initially non-judgmental manner. If he's going to be a regular, I'd like to be able to explain to others why I'm OK with him being here. <br>
-dru</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 17, 2013 4:35 PM, "maestro" <<a href="mailto:maestro415@gmail.com" target="_blank">maestro415@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
# some beings want you to walk on eggshells even @ NB.<div># bet you 73 bitcoins if it was a black chick with ink that said>></div><div># black pride or black power or another culture doing the same>></div><div>
# NO ONE would say a word about it, especially to them.</div><div># do they actually know what the asian ink SAYS and MEANS>></div><div># that comes through the house?</div><div># the latino ink?</div><div># the russian ink?</div>
<div># the invisible ink?</div><div># nope.</div><div><br></div><div># +1 jim</div><div># and white power isn't always a racial slogan it's the rascist minds>></div><div># and race baiters that interpret it that way and want others to.</div>
<div># though of course it *is* used by beings with negative intonation.</div><div># how does anyone know he didn't do it in the pen to get affiliated and>><br># survive.</div><div><br></div><div>end comments<br>
</div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">-Snailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnailssnails<br>............. _@y<br><a href="http://obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://obamaischeckingyouremail.tumblr.com/</a><br>
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