chapotraphouse

Farrakhan is useful for explaining to white people that black people aren't a monolith. They have so much trouble with this.

It's also good to keep in mind that the feds like to work with and boost nationalists like Elijah Muhammad and Farrakhan, because nationalism of that kind tends to serve fed goals of keeping movements divided and providing a dead end to lead people down.

current climate of anti-semitism

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There’s a video out there of him painting a vivid picture of America’s evil, using classic anti-imperialist language to make a powerful criticism of the great satan….only to follow it up with batshit insanity/anti-semitism.

Just like what the nazis did. And that's why it's so dangerous to have a fascist that versed in anti-capitalist anti-imperialist rhetoric only to shift the blame to a minority group.

There's a reason why the FBI murdered Fred Hampton but leaves Farrakhan alone.

It's similar to how Bob Avakian was brought all over national television in the 1970s and 80s to represent communists, when someone like Michael Parenti would've been lucky to be interviewed by a small-town newspaper.

The only thing better than silencing all leaders of movements opposing your interests, is silencing all competent leaders of movements opposing your interests while leaving the incompetent and divisive ones untouched.

I cannot express how much it sucks that in 2022 Farrakhan is still relevant.