They're simply trolls

They arent just dicks. They are maniacs who are in favour of the genocides commited against ukranians and uyghurs.

Because it worked on them. At some point someone was a smug, obnoxious cunt to them online and they were like "Wow, thanks, I guess I'm a communist now!"

Whenever I switch instances first thing I do is block these ones.

Their most obnoxious members really need to learn how to proselytize because they're their own worst enemy.

You don't lead with the crazy genocide denial, you lead with pointing out stuff like Churchill genociding 3 million Indians with the Bengal famine, or that South Korea was a fascist state before the Korean war.

Oh, look, so was Vietnam.

Oh, weird, so was etc etc etc etc

The people who got PBBd deserved every one of them.

For me it was the brain dead disgusting coments they make about Ukraine and the war.

Just try to engage in a good-faith conversation with them. They love to shut that shit down with their weird image spams. And the poop. Like literal images of poop, to scare people off, or something. I really don't get it.

It was the calls to murder anyone who supports a democratic candidate, with the justification that cops have killed homeless people that turned me off.

that and the stupid image emojis

The issue with Hexbear is that their users tend to talk in a very demeaning and insulting manner. About half of the popular posts on Hexbear are about making fun of people or communities. Their political views are less of an issue; it's more about their toxic behaviour.

It's not like they're secret.They used to be public on the gittea repository. Can't find the link post federation tho