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[–] 65 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I've read all the comments here and still don't have a clue what a hexbear is

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  • [–] 60 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

    So you know the Lemmy instance Lemmy.world? Well, there is another instance called hexbear... Which is full of hardcore, Stalinist communist. And every user of every other instance hates them

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Why do people always put labels on them as if that's the reason they are idiots. It's not. There just a bunch of obnoxious trolls that have made it their mission to annoy other instances.

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  • [+] -31 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    By definition, smart people are not commies doe

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    First man in space not smart I guess

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago

    Fearful that a high-level national hero might be killed, Soviet officials banned Gagarin from participating in further spaceflights. After completing training at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in February 1968, he was again allowed to fly regular aircraft. However, Gagarin died five weeks later, when the MiG-15 that he was piloting with flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach

    Commies smh

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They're marxists-leninists, not stalinists...

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    There's nothing inherently wrong with Marxism though (not that you said there was, I just get the impression some people are calling them socialists as if it's inherently an evil thing), they're entitled to their opinions on an alternative to capitalism, it doesn't make them bad or weird people.

    I gather from what I've read here that people mostly don't get along with them because they are awful, terrible people (and honestly may not even be proper Marxists but maybe just posers, using it as a perfunctory label, idk).

    I'd gladly be friends with a Marxist, but friends with an authoritarian, or a xenophobe, etc? Absolutely not. Regardless of their other political or economic opinions.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm an anarchist myself, so marxists are my brothers and sisters. So far, I've only seen displays of great inclusiveness from them (apart from telling me to fuck off, lol). However there's a lot of different types over on hexbear, some of them definitely being angry edgy teenagers. Still, definitely not a xenophobic bunch. I feel the general sentiment isn't warranted.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Similar experience. Great experiences until saying something that gets misconstrued due to lack of context and pitchforks come out. Then, some continue positive interactions and mods step in to curb unwarranted hostility. Still, despite getting singed a bit, it's overall been incredibly inclusive.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's a lemmy instance full of edge lords who are pro-totiltarian communism. The bulk of them think Mao and Stalin were good. Deny any atrocities committed by USSR/China. Also, for some reason tend to be super pro Russia. Due to NATO being on the opposite side they support Russia and call Ukrainian/NATO nations Nazis.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'd like to meet these people. I wonder if they're real.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    My theory is that they are just russian bots

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Instance is hexbear.net, check it out for yourself, doesn't work in browser for me without an account but it does work in liftoff without one for some reason.

    It is weird that a lot of commenters here want to tell you what they are but don't say how to find this information by yourself.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Then they might find out the "they're all just tankies!" line is a lie, there's shitty people on all instances, just so happens this one leans very left beyond neo liberalism and therefore it's bad!

    Throw in that they all totally support Putin and Mao and don't really support LGBT! And you've got most normies nodding along with defederating

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