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A Clockwork Lemon

from The Cracks Start Appearing by Active Minds

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I know that violence is seen as being cool by many people - a way of not taking any shit - but it’s not for me. Back in the mid-80’s, pacifism in the activist scene started to be seen as some sort of defeatism. Our common enemies seemed to be prepared to use force against us, and people understandably didn’t want to become passive targets for such violence.
But for some people, this newly found willingness to use violence seemed to me to fit them too well. They were a bit too eager for my liking. The idea of trouble kicking off at demonstrations seemed to excite them a bit too much, and those people scared me - almost as much as our opponents did.
I just can’t see any glamour or satisfaction in violence. I can understand if sometimes people feel that it is necessary, and that decision is reached reluctantly. But I’m not fantasising about being a macho vigilante. Where does that sort of behaviour lead? To everybody being afraid to speak their mind unless you end up on the wrong side of a debate and find yourself threatened with violence? No thanks.

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What was that I heard you saying? What’s this macho game you’re playing? Talk of violence gives you a high - I can see the gleam in your eye. You brag about the weapons you carry like an anarcho version of Dirty Harry, and your calls for a violent revolution sound more to me like the Final Solution. I’m not ashamed to admit that violence makes me sick, and I’m actually quite glad that I’m not a macho fuckin’ prick. You turn up at demos and I can see you’re itching. You want a riot and your fists are twitching. You say it’s the way that we seize our power, but it just makes my insides turn sour. You’re always looking out for fights - cops and nazis are in your sights. Well, I don’t know how worried they’ll be, but you certainly scare the shit out of me.

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from The Cracks Start Appearing, released December 19, 2014

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