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[-] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Think they’re way overhated, yes some of the users can troll a bit too much but they’re generally fine and I appreciate that they help stomp out fascist, racist, and anti-trans rhetoric on Lemmy.

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 56 points 1 year ago

In what way is sucking the Chinese Governments boot any better than Facism?

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago
[-] asuka@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not. The Chinese government is an abusive autocracy that doesn't respect the "rights" of its people and answers to nothing and no one other than Xi and profits and power. Those three things are king.

Marxists and fascists are two sides of the same coin. They may have somewhat different end goals, but they're alike in having zero regard for the democratic will of the people. May every Hexbear troll be accursed.

[-] 257m@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say classical Marxists could be equated with fascists but most people nowadays who call themselves "Communists" are fascist at heart.

[-] ReCursing@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Authoritarian, yes, fascist, no. We need the term fascist at the moment to call out actual fascists, diluting it by using it label people who aren't fascists but are also problematic plays directly into the misinformation the fascists thrive on

[-] root_beer@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago

Exactly, I’m getting sick to death of the overuse of the terms fascism and nazism because they’re being used to describe everyone with a totalitarian bent. Yes, the GOP have fascistic tendencies, so it’s apt, but the real operative word to use in pretty much all of these cases is authoritarianism. And whether they’re [actual] fascists or communists, authoritarians are reprehensible. The Nazis were irredeemable but—and I say this as a socialist—so were the Soviets.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Also it's disingenuous to pretend china isn't at all fascist.

[-] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

China is good and fascism is bad hope that clears things up for you

[-] 11181514@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

They openly brigade submissions and comments on other instances and harass anyone they don't agree with. It's not just some of the users it's almost entirely the point of the community existing. Their comments are almost entirely sarcastic, and add nothing to conversation or even debate.

Feel free to show us one single instance where they "stamped out fascist, racist, [or] anti-trans rhetoric" because I don't believe you.

[-] _Sc00ter@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

I honestly have no idea what they stand for. Their posts are so confusing and non coherent. I'm sure a lot of it is because sarcasm doesn't work with text unless you have context. But without context, all it comes across as is a bunch of trolls who just love to hate

I couldn't care less about them

[-] PatFussy@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

They are a tossup of ccp communists, hard left leninists and general anti westerners. They constantly bully people to remind them that they are smarter than you and they are eager to showcase this. They post screenshots of comments they want to target on their main page and links so they can brigade. If you even bother interacting, they will spam you with the intent of getting you to peer into their carefully chosen pieces of information to steer you toward communism. They are a nuisance and i have learned that if you can easily bait them into saying awful things.

[-] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Their whole stance is bizarre. It would be like if I believed every country should be democratic, but if any non-democratic foreigner asked me about it I said, "well I'm not going to even talk to you until you've read every bit of democratic theory, and even if you do, I'm not going to admit or discuss any criticism of democracy. Also, you are evil for just being born in your evil country." They can't possibly expect to convert anyone that way.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Written sarcasm is an art form that few people truly understand.

[-] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

They’re a left wing group that uses a lot of sarcasm and trolling. It can be a bit off putting to most but a lot of it comes from the fact that most people don’t bother reading or looking beyond US propaganda so it can be frustrating talking to people like that. Personally I try to come at things a bit more openly but I can understand the frustration of dealing with people that don’t put in much effort to understand the nuances of geopolitical topics.

[-] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the reasonable take!

[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago
[-] T3rr4T3rr0r@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

What is wrong with people

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was called a bigot by 7 or 8 different people because I dared to suggest that when someone finishes transitioning, they are no longer trans.

They are a man or woman, or whatever else they identify as.

That made me a bigot.

They don't help stomp out anything, they turn people against trans people. They literally give conservatives ammunition.

[-] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I believe trans refers to gender assigned at birth, so unless someone detransitions or time travels to change their birth gender I don't think fully transitioning can make you not trans.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Trans people continuing to call themselves trans after transitioning is an entirely different topic.

My point is that I accept trans people.

Someone wanting to call themselves trans after transitioning, in no way, justifies calling me a bigot. That is the most braindead way to try and influence change in the world.

Hexadytes are cancer. They're cancer here, they were cancer on /r/chapostraphouse.

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