RantThis is a bit of a rant before I head off to bed but please consider this a comraderadely reminder: Any so-called communist who starts pivoting to this kind of punching down rhetoric should give a MASSIVE :hitler-particles: vibe.

I'm not backing down from that, there's a reason fascists are most successful when coopting class war rhetoric. Once you lack basic solidarity with people your class consciousness is chipped away like a Welsh stonemason chips away at slate.

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[–] 66 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

this guy is officially on the bad transphobes list, people who stan him will be uh... shot? popuko-gun

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  • [–] 64 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    BE showing his whole ass the last two months

    oh well, another reminder you can't trust us australian kkkrackoids. never rely on me for anything serious

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  • [–] 61 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Oh hey look, it's that thing where once someone posts transphobia, they never post normally again.

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  • [–] 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    This guy is so insufferable. He acts like he's the the most serious and principled communist on the planet while he spends every waking moment of his life posting ragebait online and calling anyone he doesn't like a fascist or a pedophile, which apparently includes queer and neurodivergent people now. Embarrassing to think I used to watch his shit.

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    [–] 53 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    ah yes. god forbid people don't seek out professional diagnosis that cost thousands of dollars and just end up in you being not taken seriously in medical settings ever again

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  • [–] 51 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Once you lack basic solidarity with people your class consciousness is chipped away like a Welsh stonemason chips away at slate.

    Beautifully put.

    BadEmpanada continues to lose my respect. We're well past the point where I thought he was more useful than harmful to any sort of leftist analysis; the man says some good things but what good things he says, others say too without incorporating more and more right wing brainworms

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  • [–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    The only leftist thing he actually does is oppose the west but without theory and simply on a „is“ level.

    He doesn’t even call himself a leftist, neither did contrapoints. Yet both were taken in as left-wing celebrities at some point.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    oppose the west

    I thought so but he's got bad takes on Ukraine which backs up the "without theory" part.

    He doesn’t even call himself a leftist, neither did contrapoints. Yet both were taken in as left-wing celebrities at some point.

    That's interesting! I've been thinking more and more that "leftist" is not even a sufficient descriptor any more than "antifascist" is, because I've been disappointed by so many people claiming those terms apply to them and then really not living up to it at all.

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  • [–] 42 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    He's just too much of an internet edgelord to stay quiet I guess.

    He's also way too used to being right because he measures himself against the worst, dumbest people existing today. That makes him think he is some sort of titan of rhetoric, but the perception is based on having won a bunch of arguments against toddlers.

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    [–] 40 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck this loser. He's just using ableism to disparage people he doesn't like.

    Anywho, I personally advocate you should try to get a medical diagnosis from professionals and avoid self-diagnosis (though I realize this isn't possible for everyone, especially with how garbage the """"healthcare"""" system can be). The reason is there are illnesses that look like other illnesses.

    For example, you may think you're suffering from an anxiety disorder. Except it may not be an anxiety disorder at all and it's actually a heart condition. Those aren't panic attacks. Those are heart palpitations and you have atrial fibrillation. Or how Bipolar II Disorder looks a lot like Severe Depression Disorder. They require entirely different treatments. Bipolar II can be improved with mood stabilizers, but will cause worse (possibly deadly) psychosis if you try treating it with SSRIs. Then, of course, you can have hallucinations caused by Bipolar Disorder, which is not Schizophrenia (which also causes hallucinations).

    So please, please see a doctor if you can and don't hesitate to seek second opinions. I say this because you don't have to suffer with something that's treatable. And again, I know this can be difficult because people don't have insurance or because doctors can be assholes/prejudiced.

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    [–] 39 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Besides being clearly shitty It's also like the most repeated insult by a user of a social media site about users of a different social media site.

    How often has such an insult been leveled at Tumblr for instance

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  • [–] 39 points 11 months ago

    "Mental Illness" can mean "non conformity" and "atypical" in some contexts, and did often mean exactly this in the past. When talking about mental illness one should talk about it with the respect the topic deserves.

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  • [–] 37 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Haven't we seen this before with someone else from "the left" they were famous and talking communism then started pivoting to attacking neurodivergent people or am I tripping?

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  • [–] 36 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    probably just BE the last time lmao

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  • [–] 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Like a month ago he said similarly bigoted things about trans people for no fucking reason.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 11 months ago

    And this particular post of his seems to be particularly well timed with a wave of people getting pissed that bluesky's staff are still suckling the teat of transphobes like Jesse Singal. Which alone makes me think there's some ulterior definitions of "mental illness" at play

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    [–] 35 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    settler armchair activist says what???

    ignore this mf, neither print nor reply.

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  • [–] 24 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Okay but can I at least say hitler-detector on this bear site

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    mfers got super pissed at me when I called this guys out for being a reactionary opportunistic grifter and I WAS FUCKING RIGHT.

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    [–] 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 34 points 11 months ago

    The internet is rapidly becoming a Nazi bar, and I am not here for it.

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago

    Whereas twitter is a place where people who are very healthy and very smart gather to discuss important topics.

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago

    Yeah, there's a hint of 2021 discord vibes on bluesky but BE is just engagement baiting as usual

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago

    I will continue to bang the drum. Stop talking about him. He is not relevant to any discourse outside of himself and brings nothing unique or interesting to the dialogue. Please for the love of God stop posting about him.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago*

    he should go back to endlessly beefing with h3h3 instead of beefing with minority groups for no good reason. if you're gonna dedicate 80% of your online presence to shit stirring atleast pick a better target

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago

    Bad "I don't think transgenderism is a mental illness because I don't believe mental illness is real" Empanada

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hey! This isn't even original! This is just what Reddit was saying about Tumblr like a decade ago. I don't think Bluesky has enough users for there to be a proper stereotype of their behavior. Hell, even the fediverse is bigger imprettysurebutdon'tquotemecusicannotbebotheredtocheck

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