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I would love to get some context on this.
You know how there is a subset of leftists that just make everything worse? Up their own ass, stupid standards/priorities, generally annoying? That's the general opinion of hexbear. I haven't really interacted with the instance much, but that's what i gather from the rumors and the occasional wild hexbear comment, but i might just be primed to notice the bad comments because of the reputation. maybe a bit of a dirtier/less stringently controlled beehaw.
Edit: although as lemmy grows chuds will bitch about them just for not being right wing.
They really are not that bad. But they can be... rowdy... when prompted.
You're obviously a CIA agent, liberal. Just because Hexbear supports AES states like Putin's Russia, you have the audacity to attack us. Where's the left unity, buttmuncher?
4chan is what gave us QAnon.
What in the world makes you think 4chan is something to emulate.
So fuck minorities am I rite?
Anon forums are where hate groups flourish. Always have been.
It's why the rest of the internet is moderated in the first place.
So fuck others then amirite?
You don't have to be a tankie to hate Putin. But you still should hate other hate groups.
Why limit to those two?
Because neither of us is currently talking in either of those spaces. Maybe because they're both uniquely shit?
Here's the thing
If you want 4chan, what's stopping you from going there instead?
Clearly people here don't want that. Or Reddit. Is why Im here at least.
If you don't like the moderation, stop seeking places that moderate. It's not an airport, there's no reason to announce your departure.
Again, grain of salt as i don't really have first have experience, but no. Hell no. Not even judging what you're into, the rumors of hexbear make it seem like the kinda place where the mods are petty tyrants.
Start here.
Hexbear.net is a Leftist instance with Communists and Anarchists. The bare minimum required is to be an anti-Capitalist of some sort there. As a consequence, some people take issue with that.
Not as simple as that
Nothing is ever "simple," but this is the crux of the equation.
It might be. But it’s also because you guys are very vocal and support extremism/authoritarian governments
Communists tend to support Socialist movements worldwide, calling these movements extremist or authoritarian is a matter of perspective that Communists would disagree with.
Sure, but there’s a difference between agreeing with the general idea and defending everything a country does. Nuance is important.
If what we consider an authoritarian country isn’t considered authoritarian by communists, then there you have an additional problem
No Communist defends everything AES states do, though. Communists have nuanced views based on our understandings of the realities faced by and in AES states, and disagree with anti-Communists on these fronts.
I was specifically talking about China never being badly pictured
It is, though. Hexbear is frequently critical of China's actions, just from a Communist perspective.
tankiesand the leftists without the ability to have critical thought AND/OR nuanced conversation.I’m sure some of them are nice people, but they aren’t sending their best.
I find far more nuance on Hexbear regarding Leftist topics, at least in my experience. The average Hexbear user is more likely to have read theory, be it Anarchist or Marxist, than most other instances, so that baseline really helps elevate what kinds of conversations are had.
Hey everybody, this tankie finds hexbear users nuanced!
You really don't notice what you're doing, do you 🤣
I know exactly what I'm doing.
Red Scare anti-communist witch hunting? Are you related to McCarthy, by any chance?
If by "tankie" you mean Marxist, then yes.
No, I mean tankie.
This is you: https://lemmy.ml/comment/17634182 (https://lemmy.world/post/27462282/16133562)
Easy to hit 90% when people are killed for not approving of the government. You support the tanks in this image.
Gotcha, you mean Marxist.
I stand by what I said in that comment. You should read the Harvard study I linked in that comment:
There's simply no evidence of the CPC using intimidation to secure their overwhelmingly high approval rates. Both Occam's Razor and real polling data seem to suggest that the support for the government is most closely linked to how much the government does for people, which can help explain why rural areas tend to support the CPC more, as they were the primary targets of the extreme poverty eradication program.
I really don't think you've made an effort to try to understand China, and I don't even mean the government. Why should you be able to decide what's best for Chinese people, when they clearly support their system and believe it works for their interests? This is the kind of Western Exceptionalist chauvanism that plagues the English-speaking internet.
Further, Tian'anmen and the June 4th incident were never a part of that discussion, so you are clearly trying to add an emotional element to the argument.
Gotcha, when you can't actually respond to logic when you insult someone, you pivot to using a vaguely racist caricature. Checks out for someone whining about Marxists.
No, I'm pointing out that government oppression of the Chinese population when they criticize the government is still in full swing by showing a recent example.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_in_China
It's usually non-Chinese people that use the Pooh caricature (huh, wonder why?), and again, that doesn't change that the overwhelming majority of Chinese citizens do support their government. Check the study I linked, public opinion is most closely linked to real material well-being, like Upward Mobility:
There is a good deal of criticism for the CPC, a lot of it is coming from younger generations that want to accelerate the progression of Socialism. This isn't censored, but what is usually censored is when right-wing, Western media tries to propagandize. In reality, things are improving, so more Chinese citizens are satisfied, and take an active role in building up their country.
"Chinese man looks yellow" is not helping your cause
That isn't the point of the meme, dipshit.
Also, Pooh is a brownish orange.
The meme has no context or explanation, I just assumed it was a racist caricature
It was started by a user of a Chinese social network, and was subequently censored in China and became a meme used by those critical of the government. It lives on becuase of how the government of China continues to suppress dissent.
Great job jumping to incorrect conclusions!
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xi-jinping-winnie-the-pooh-comparisons
So you think you can be racist just because a Chinese person used it first? Do you think you can use the N word because black people use it?
I'm not being racist you fucking donkey.
Are you Gordon Ramsey?
Have you ever actually been friends with someone who lived in China most of their life?
Oh no, not muh Tinyman Square! We authoritarians are so owned! That guy totes got squished by the tank.
You can even see it in this video.
Hex is more than tankies. While they seem to be very vocal, there's more to the site than that.