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[–] 23 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Left wing scenes are socially coded against "dorks,"

Ironically enough, I notice this in online spaces more than real life ones. You've got TrueAnon's "be normal," its subreddit embracing ableist slurs, that whole Cum Town segment making fun of someone for saying virgin shaming is bad, people on this very site saying "bring back bullying," etc.

Meanwhile, the IRL leftist organizing spaces I've been in have been full of unabashed nerds and very good about not tolerating ableism.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Honestly I'm starting to think that Brace Belden is a left-ish version of Robert Evans (derogatory).

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 week ago*

    I see where this is coming from, but what happens online is a real force. Aside from material relationships between employers, employees, landlords, renters, the majority of people nowadays get politicised online. As for discourse itself, easily more than 80% of it happens online.

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