The Brianna Wu arc for contra is something. And no, posting a picture of me next to an astronaut holding a gun does not count as an argument

I’ve had this conversation with my SO. Technically speaking the best move for me as a white male would be to support Trump. Instead I vote for Democrats hoping for positive changes for all people. For most of my life I’ve thought I was “far left” for American standards, but since I’ve joined portions of Lemmy and Reddit you’d think I was a fucking Republican.

Certain portions of the left would rather spit in their own eye for unrealistic principles, even if it means that a worse alternative is the result.

AmericasNavy

I have never been more vindicated and called out

they're pretty adamant about communism but everyone thinks the USSR, CCP, etc are fascist dictatorships pretending to be communist.

How has anyone possibly come away from here with that takeaway? Most people I've interacted with here will have specific concrete criticisms with all of the above, not just "oh it's fascist". That kind of critique is more what you would see in sectarian ultra or trot spaces. I swear people just gossip about us or something.

It was the open ableism from one of their mods iirc

business as usual in the bastion of freedom™ and democracy

Me talking to an acquaintance from organizing I haven't talked to in over a year

them: Hi deadname

me: oh it's newname now, I'm using she/her now

them: deadname, newname what's the difference right?

me:

It's the hitler particles

Cis fragility is a sight to behold

It's really convenient, I like when they make threads full of screenshots of all the choice dunks on them

The collective west does have a Nazi problem, it's acute in Ukraine.

Ukraine has been getting shelled for over 8 years now, it's been the Ukrainian government doing it, and that specifically has been what provoked the invasion.

It's just observable reality, idk what's so hard about remembering events from a few years ago for liberals