Instant judgment and punishment are practices of power over others. It’s what those with power do to those who can’t stop them, who can’t demand justice. This injustice of power is practiced at an individual and collective level. What concerns me is how often it feels like this instant reaction is happening within movement. It feels like a feeding frenzy. In nature, a feeding frenzy happens “when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available.… This can cause [them] to go wild, biting anything that moves, including each other or anything else within biting range.”
