Hi. I'm a progressive thinker interested in ideas and methods of developing a world in which there is as little suffering as possible.
My thinking style is a little bit futurist, a little bit hippie, and very pragmatic. I'm not into pie-in-the-sky ideas. I want to talk about actions that can be implemented to make change happen in time to stop what's coming (a terrible eco-dystopia).
I'm 50. I find most of the internet to be a childish & boring place. Most memes aren't funny. Most people that think they're comedians aren't funny either. I'd rather have a serious conversation.
I'm a cis white male. I believe in dignity and respect for all people, except conservatives.
I also believe that we need to take more direct action to make change. I think the most important conversation we should be having is akin to the trolley dilemma, except one track has american conservatives on it, and the other track has the entirety of humanity and all the other forms of innocent plant and animal life on it.
I'm pretty big into military tactics because I think this is the most direct method for change.
Do I belong here?
You said it.
When someone from the broader community trusts you (and hopefully your organisation) to come through with genuine support and with accurate analysis of circumstances, you are teaching them who radicals are and what they are committed to. Propaganda of the deed like spitting on a king or throwing some graffiti up doesn't really achieve anything but a genuine and deep commitment to actual "propaganda of the deed" like what the Panthers did in their communities advances our goals. (I know, I know... I'm using that term incorrectly in the second example but you get what I mean.)
Piss on Thatcher's grave if it makes you feel good (just don't get caught while you're doing it). But rolling up your sleeves and getting involved in your community by providing support, resources, guidance, and being a hardworking, upstanding, consistent member of your community is what really gets the goods.
Act like an ambassador for your politics whenever you go in your life because, if you're lucky, you might be treated as one by your community.