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Can't help but be reminded of the anti-intellectualism that seems so common, but I like to imagine the two anarchists behind the dumpster also having brains as well as their good sense of humor. And yes I suppose I took the bait on the reductive "destroy everything" grandparent post. But it seems to be a common dumbed down mantra. What anarchist doesn't want to destroy so many things, even everything (not just physical manifestations as i was poking at)? I just think we can also have projects that don't look like riots or clandestine activity too and maybe those things thrive better with material support that isn't as sexy, with thought and conversation that looks like cowardly do nothing-ism to the hotheads slinging innuendo on the internet of all places.

I don't really see prisoner support as charity as much as solidarity, but I see and have wrestled with the point you are making. Perhaps the distinction between charity and solidarity is that anarchist prisoners may have some objectives and interests you find affinity with? Whereas charity i would put more in the column of things like: let's clothe the homeless because it is the humane thing to do...