Thought that was me and was scared I got hacked lmao
Slop.
For posting all the anonymous reactionary bullshit that you can't post anywhere else.
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Here's he!!
Got him!!
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Yeh the 'they' in that poem is the gottdang tankies
Never thought I’d find myself quoting Marxist apologia, but read Blackshirts and Reds😪
Really confused by the existence of a person who apparently hates "Marxist apologia", but has read Blackshirts and Reds.
Has read and recommends Blackshirts and Reds, no less. "Well, this one piece of Marxist analysis I read was thoughtful, thorough, and worth reading (despite being Marxist). But obviously the rest of it must still be terrible"
Copying and pasting my other comment:
Based on what they told me yesterday, they have started reading it, maybe a chapter or two in. Throughout my interactions with them over the last year or so, I have steadily gotten them to read Elementary Principles of Philosophy, "Tankies," and now finally they have started Blackshirts and Reds.
Overall, they are your typical anti-communist "progressive liberal," but in the last month or so have been pushing back against anti-Communism. This is genuinely a massive step for them IMO.
You have the patience of a saint, comrade
I could literally never do what you do without it killing me
I take frequent breaks, haha. Probably will this weekend especially. But thanks for the kind words!
Holy shit the amount of work you must've put in to make this one lemmitor read something other than harry potter. You deserve the medal of honor.
I think that honor goes to them, I lost patience more than a few times when they were especially reactionary, but they genuinely seem to be a true believer in the "marketplace of ideas" kinda thing so they ended up taking my advice anyways. I think if they do end up a comrade, they will have been one of the most effort-requiring converts I've done, but ultimately I think it's more a virtue of being a rare "true believer" that actually followed through enough for the shell to crack.
Obviously not condoning their reactionary views, they have plenty of brainworks to deworm but the process isn't hopeless at all IMO.
this is a person on the verge of tankiedom. We've all been there. Somewhere between a Dem Soc and a Left Com and an Anarchist and a commie, a generic "leftist". Have to still pay lip service to not being "authoritarian" and all that
First they came for the…. Um I forget. Definitely not communists though fuck those guys.
I think it was the communists who were coming?
my favourite time was when I saw someone call ml and bear "republican instances". I just had to laugh physically
yes
The republicans in question:
They genuinely cannot conceive of people to the left of them, lol
my favorite was being called a trump supporter during the election. lol
I got told I didn't do enough voting for Harris. Anyone who pointed out dnc flaws now === trump supporter now
@echodot@feddit.uk got us with this one though
See? We need little a bit of to maintain street cred.
no lies detected
I’m adding the whole of lemmy.ml to the block list, you guys are nearly as bad as Hexbear for being able to string together a thought.
rent free
there is a specter haunting lemmy
Was it db0 (the individual) that eventually banned them? Is it true left unity hours?
Unfortunately they don't seem to be banned from db0, but they got banned from that specific .world comm (they've previously been banned from politics and world news), a two month ban from .ml, and ofc a permaban from Hexbear.
db0 (the individual) said, "We're looking into it" 5 hours ago
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Calling the communist victims of the Holocaust "tankies" is definitely a historically literate thing to do.
That said, I'm pretty sure tanks were necessary for liberating the concentration camps but what do I know about WWII battlefield tactics?
A tankie is just any socialist that has been successful in the fight against capitalism and colonialism, or one that supports those that have been.