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I do not mean to speak for comrade DoubleK, but I know they've railed against patsocs and their ilk in the past. I think they are talking about figures like Maupin, Haz, Jimmy Dore, and that new fucker with a million subscribers, whatever his name is. The Tucker Carlsons of the "left". DoubleK has a good point about them dominating narratives, too, as no-name up-and-comers can generate hundreds of thousands of views and followers by coupling "Russia good! Trans bad! China good! Gay bad!" sorta nonsense. It's more than a little worrying, and the state of the western esp. Amerikan anti-imperialist "left" is sorry as hell.
Yes. This. It's gone beyond PatSoc horse shit and Im seeing a very noticeable uptick of platforming backwards discussions by leftists calling it "platforming free speech" and "not being afraid to hear out your 'enemies'"
And it's fine. It's really jist okay that stochastic violence is happening to the LGBTQ community because I guess letting that slide will somehow pave peace between the East and west if we just have a global coordinated genocide of queer people? Because that's what it looks like.
Im over it. Im sick of free speech fetishists ignoring fighting words just because corporate will silence a virulent antisemite to protect their brand.