Local resident - who supports the movement - getting hassled by the group because he's "privileged." Notice the emphasized text in the last message.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CapHillAut..._are_the_original_inhabitants_and_businesses/
Akzasha
35 points·
20 hours ago
I gotta say, i’ve been out here defending the CHAZ a lot, and wrote the city council in support of it as someone living here. But last night a guy tagged my building with “move tf out” and “this is gentrification”, etc. and i’m pretty pissed off about it. Especially when i found out that my building manager had asked earlier that day if they could move the barricade so that we could have access to our garage, and the guys at the gate gave her a bunch of grief about how “we were part of the problem” and we represent gentrification. I guess it just seems too connected to be a coincidence, and it sucks because i’ve been really supportive of the protests, and everyone else i’ve talked to in the building has been too. I’ve been out marching, protesting at the police line, and videoing the police aggression despite their intimidation.
And i know you all know how important that documentation of police actions by the citizens living in the apartments around here was. It’s just really disappointing to get treated like that by people who i feel like should want to collaborate with us.
band_in_DC
0 points·
1 hour ago
When was the last time you fired a person and for what reason?
Akzasha
1 point·
1 hour ago
You’re making a lot of assumptions about who I am and they kind of people that live in these buildings. A lot of the tenants here are medical personnel-nurses, PA’s, social workers and doctors- who live here because of the proximity to the hospitals and the light rail up to the UW campus. We aren’t your enemy.
band_in_DC
1 point·
50 minutes ago
Oh. You said, "my building," so I assumed that meant your business. If you're just resident, then yeah- that's mad disrespect and not adherent to any theory.
If someone is petite-bourgeoisie by owning the means of production of others- even if it's a local hip restaurant- then they are part of a system that needs to be dismantled. It still wouldn't justify personal attacks or intimidation. But who am I- I'm not managing the revolution. And anyways, this is far from a revolution. It seems just like an elongated protest focusing on a few reasonable demands that I believe the city would be insane/heartless not to accept. Seattle has some nasty cops.