#but yeah i’m joe tumblr user and i’ve got something of value to offer (shit i made up)

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There is an astonishingly bad habit in our online demographic for laymen to offer unsolicited, incorrect advice on how to do activism with complete confidence and authority despite it clearly being some made-up shit they thought sounded right.

#‘how to gentle a police horse’ don’t fucking do that #’how to triage a wound with tampons’ don’t fucking do that #’using cash during a general strike counts less’ that’s dumb #Harm reduction actually requires an insane amount of skill and is usually preceded by years of unpaid thankless volunteering experience. #but yeah i’m joe tumblr user and i’ve got something of value to offer (shit i made up) #dis.txt