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The only dangerous minority is the rich.
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Notable achievements in all spheres of society were made by various socialist/people's/democratic republics around the world. Mistakes, however, were made as well: bureaucratic castes of parasitic elites - as well as reactionary cults of personality - were established, many things were mismanaged and prejudice and bigotry sometimes replaced internationalism and progressiveness.
If I’m a Zionist apologist, you are a traitor who deserves to be tortured and publicly executed.
You don't understand right wing. You don't understand anarchist, calling dbzero "fake anarchists". You don't understand fascist - it's anyone who calls out your bullshit.
You don't understand yourself, do you? You think it's my problem?
Slappy fuck? You're an incel and likely to remain that way for some time until you grow up, take a look in the mirror and address your exceedingly unpleasant character.
Sounds good, worthless authoritarian right wing dumbfuck.
That all you got? Maybe if you weren't such a fucking idiot you'd have read my first replies, rather than removed any doubt that you don't understand these words you're throwing around.
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You don't understand the words though.
There are zero anarchists in support of Israel. Zero!
Anarchists don't support the state. Period.
Start with that!
Play acting anarchists and mommy’s little skinheads.
You think people with boundaries are "authoritarian"?
You think it's reasonable to say "maybe Israel has a point" and are then surprised to get banned from an anarchist space?
You think it's based to say that maybe there should be a platform for talking about how genocide might be OK, and that it's "authoritarian" to refuse to allow that?
You don't know what you're talking about with almost any of the terminology you use.
Your "dumbfuck" insult doesn't work when it's plainly obvious you haven't got a clue about the even quite small number of political terms you're throwing around. I've tried offering education but you're too stupid to waste your time reading my words or responding directly to anything I say?
You're not even enough of a troll to merit my downvote at this point. Knock yourself out!
The idiot is me for continuing to have any hopes in you at this point. You're what, 19-22 years old at most? I'm twice your age, so I know there are many maturation surprises in store for you in the coming decades. But for now it's not even satisfying to stand here while you demonstrate your own idiocy and ignorance.
Enjoy being alone, because that's all you're going to know until you pull your head out of your ass.
Why do you keep replying to me? Let’s be clear. I told you that I was banned for saying it’s wrong to ban people for saying Israel should exist. You then called me a Zionist even though I have been opposing Israel since the 90s. What’s wrong with you dude?
Why do you keep replying to me, dickwad?
Why did you post on my thread in the first place?
Why do you think that I'm anything to do with whatever grievance you have with dbzero?
Israel should not exist. Nobody owes you a conversation about Israel on a server they fucking operate.
You say "fake anarchists" because you don't understand that anarchists are allowed to have fucking boundaries in anarchist spaces. Yet you don't even understand the term "right wing".
You have never been to an anarchist social space, have you? It's your loss, truly.
What the fuck kind of anarchist doesn't even understand what ”right wing” means?
What the fuck kind of comrades do you have who allow you to hold such patently misinformed views unchallenged?
You're flying solo, way off base, and way too far up your own backside to even care.
Your arguments (which I read and responded directly to) are written like someone who is still at high school.
I started by patiently explaining why you might have been banned. Then firmly, because you have been acting like a whiny little dick the entire time you've been here.
You said "let's talk" then squealed at me, called me a fascist nutjob, and didn't directly address anything I wrote.
What's your fucking point in being here, asswipe?
"Let's be clear" lol... you are here on the thread I started, to bitch at me about something the admin of my instance did which is nothing to do with me.
You are butthurt, I get that. But you fundamentally don't even understand the basic words you're throwing around. You react with tantrums and accusations rather than converse in good faith. You fucking showed up here with an accusation to begin with!
You're not here to learn anything. You're not here to examine yourself and your own beliefs.
You're here to bitch at me because in 2026 you're still sitting on the fence about saying "Fuck Israel and fuck everyone who isn't saying Fuck Israel by this point".
You got banned because you're a moron and you can't be told a thing.
Honestly it's baffling and frankly pathetic that someone so misinformed about such fundamental terminology can believe themselves to be the one true anarchist while calling other anarchists standing in solidarity against genocide "fake anarchists".
So how about you shut the fuck up!
I deal with assholes, idiots and drama queens on a professional basis and have done for many years. You're not even a warmup exercise for me.
I held out some hope for a good exchange but it's not even clear to me why you're still here?
At this point you're just a case study for me in trying to understand the psychology of batshit crazy aggressively ignorant nonsensical online trolls.
Ok I’ll say it one last time. You are an authoritarian right wing freedom hating lunatic. I am a normal rational decent person. Good luck with being an ardent opponent of liberty and democracy.
I'll say it one last time. You're not an anarchist and are in no position to lecture anarchists in how to behave.
You don't understand what "right wing" means. At all! There is no telling you!
You don't understand that anarchists can have boundaries about what's acceptable in anarchist spaces. You don't respect anarchists deciding what's acceptable in anarchist spaces. You don't understand consent or respect boundaries.
You came here to bitch at me because of the instance I have a user account on. You can't even complain to someone who is responsible for the thing you're upset about.
You are incapable of actual debate, not here to learn anything, and we're done.
Anything else you want to add?
I have considered myself an anarchist since before you were born but anyone can lecture children about their stupidity, which is what I will always do with bottom of the barrel mental infants like yourself. It will never stop being true that you are behaving like a right winger and deserve to be called out for it. But your weird delusions are kind of amusing from an abstract sense.
OK Mr Anarchist (who speaks up for the rights of supporters of Israel, while criticizing anarchists standing in solidarity against the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people) let's see you quote a single right wing thing I've said from anywhere on this thread? I'll wait...
Wow such quiet from the One True Anarchist since I asked you to quote a single "right wing" example from my posts anywhere on this thread.
I'll take it you can't find one then? Funny that!