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The comments are what you expect. All agree that we're psychopaths who support genocide and just want authority as a goal in itself. All agree we do no leftist praxis, I guess just based on vibes. One user wrote:

let’s be honest, they should be removed from society

which is cool. One-on-one, online or in person, I'm pretty patient with people like this, but when I see a whole thread like this with hundreds of upvotes and no pushback it makes me feel tired.


lemmy.ml link in case any of you have alts and want to wade in: https://lemmy.ml/post/6930975

The democracy thread she commented in right before posting this: https://lemmy.ml/comment/5160468

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

they do this a lot. its disappointing to see trans users be ok with shit like this. especially considering how many chasers are in that comm. fam, you can do better, and you should demand better

it always reminds of this one time i helped a trans lady out, bought her transit to her appointment to hrt, bought the hrt, she came back to the center to hug me and said i changed her life and that what i did made things so much easier for her. some time later she realized i was a communist (i think someone made a joke about it or something), asked me if it was true (i said yes, i help people), then she yelled at me about being a tankie and ghosted the whole center. i didnt even say anything or get in an argument, she just overheard it. i cant help but mourn the idea that she could have had a good and safe space and made a lot of friends, but she ended up hurting herself due to propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the bleakest personal story I've read in a while. desolate

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

yeah ive shared it here before. its always how i feel about sectarian trans people, kinda bleak. like i even excuse many lib behaviors in trans orgs because we all know how awful the outside world is to trans people. i only ever had to kick out someone once (some weird ass finnish fascist trans person that started harassing a jewish person). nobody really ever goes that far. having someone kick themselves out is just as disheartening.

my brain is a bit ptsd addled right now, sorry if im not explaining how i feel properly.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, I think you are communicating very clearly. It sucks how that person was so fixated on their anticommunism that it destroyed what was probably one of their better prospects at finding a supportive community.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

Thanks cat-trans yeah it's a big bummer:(