Philosophical Terrorism

  1 Queer liberation is the shedding of all static identity and the forceful overthrow of social and political norms that maintain a cultural hegemony which leads to the pain and suffering of hundreds of millions of queer people all across the globe. It is the recognition that all identity, no matter how “real” it seems, is nothing more than a self constructed illusion, utilized first in order to help us identify ourselves with others who are like us and who share our interests, and against those who do not, thus helping us survive. However, under the regime of the Spectacle, it has been repurposed and made completely arbitrary, something that is determined not by our relations with others but rather by our relations to commodities. It is in this way that it has been turned into something with the sole purpose of controlling the individual and keeping them dependent upon the capitalist mode of production, which is the only mode of production that can provide what is necessary in order

1. Do not preach to the privileged; they will not listen. At best they will mock you, at worst they will seek to silence you. 2. Never make deals with the state. Never settle for concessions. Any deal made by them can be broken by them. Any concession given to you by them can be rolled back by them. Any deal forged or concession made will be held up as the pinnacle of progress. It will later be taught that it was made not through violent rebellion against the system, but rather, through peaceful protests and participation in the electoral process. 3. Do not bank on the inevitable arrival of some great crisis that will shatter the fabric of social order and set off the revolution. The crisis is here. The crisis is now. Because we live in a constant state of crisis, it has become incredibly difficult to recognize this fact. Crisis has become the new normal. 4. Any out of the ordinary crisis that occurs (a crisis that is seemingly disconnected from the never ending crisis we currently liv

(It should be kept in mind that some of the ideas put forth in this article are very rudimentary and not yet fully developed. The author recognizes this, and understands that the philosophy put forward here is far from all encompassing, and is actively working to expand upon and improve it). Many times I have spoken about the need to, in a sense, take back language - that is, take words and twist their meanings to suit our needs, shape and pull them to mean new things, and even change their meanings entirely, all for the purpose of subverting and challenging the idea that identities are static and determined. The exclusionists, of course, do not like this idea very much. The most common response made by them is that “words have meaning.” This argument is used by them in many cases, but it is most commonly used when discussing the topic of they/them and he/him lesbians. So, let us address this issue first (though the fact that it is considered to be an issue is mind boggling). Why do

  1 The story of the Tower of Babel wasn’t a recounting of a long forgotten historical event; it was a prophecy. The foundation of the tower was laid with the enlightenment, and it was further built by the industrial revolution after it, and the digital revolution after that. But the foundation is crumbling, and so is humanity’s faith in it. As it crumbles, we will further split ourselves into smaller and more exclusionary groups. Those who we once called friends, comrades, brothers even, will become enemies. And it will seem to us that everyone who is not with us is part of a mass, interconnected conspiracy against us. We will begin to identify anyone who is not one of us as being part of an all powerful, all pervasive cult that is spreading faster than the plague. The more we separate ourselves into smaller groups, the less able we are to communicate, and thus, the less powerful we are, and the less of a threat we are to the hegemonic power of God. 2 That, anyway, is the obvious an