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Tankies reaction to Beehaw removing itself from Lemmy -- "When you adopt an anti-communist stance, you pave the way for unhealthy social trends to takeover" also apparently Beehaw are fascists? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 53 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Hexbear users are pretty stupid because they almost exclusively alienate would-be supporters, or at least close allies.

They fundamentally cannot see the difference between any non-communist liberals (left) and fascism.

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[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 35 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Liberals? Fascists. Social democrats? Fascists. Democratic socialists? Fascists. Anarcho-communists? Fascists.

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[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Communists?

Believe it or not, also fascists.

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[–] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago

Funnily enough this one is far more correct than the others.

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[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

You forgot the true one - Tankies? Fascists.

What definition of communism ignores worker enfranchisement?

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago

They just believe anyone who isn't with them is against them. It's a common human failing.

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[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I'd like to point out that liberals are considered left in US, but center right pretty much anywhere else.

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[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 years ago

Hence the parenthesis saying "left". Hexbear is exclusively full of American users that pejoratively use the term 'lib', so it's important in this context.

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[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago

So calling Socdems "filthy liberals" and telling socdems they're going up against the wall... is still a great way to scare off potential allies.

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