@midwest.social users (or any other federated users) are absolutely 100% welcome to comment here (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by pooh@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

213 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Just saying. How're yall doing, by the way?

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] archomrade@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago

I'm startled by the specific shout-out to the instance i'm on, since:

I didn't think midwest.social was particularly big and,
having grown up around a lot of liberal and extreme reactionary politics, I would not have expected there to be a lot of overlap between the midwest and an ML community

I am happy to be experiencing a little discomfort by all the "new" ideology, as I am well aware of the limited social and political bubble that is constructed around me. Specific political stances aside, I can say I do feel right at home with the somewhat irreverent tone of the comrades here. Hopefully midwest.social and lemmy/kbin at large can adopt the emoji implementation you have here so I can join the fun.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

The Midwest has something of a history of leftists. A bunch of German socialists moved out to Ohio in the mid 19th century. Minnesota is the only state where the Democrats operate as an affiliate, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, who tend to be better than the national level Democrats.

Lots of other stuff too

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

The emojis are the best part

fidel-freethrow Fidel-deke fidel-layup fidel-balling

And the Midwest has a lot of promising (for the U.S.) leftist history, and there are echos of that even today. The MN Democratic Party is actually the Democratic Farmer Labor Party, and their governor just passed a bunch of legitimately good stuff. Pretty sure DSA is very prominent in Chicago politics as well.

load more comments (2 replies)

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago

Hexbears can correct me if I'm incorrect but, my understanding is that the instance is not necessarily M-L but more "leftist and anti-capitalist unity" (M-L, anarchists, etc.).

[-] fox@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hexbear is explicitly left unity, but by tendency it's mostly Marxist-Leninists. People still cop bans for sectarianism towards anarchists

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

Glad to hear it. Not that the sectarianism is happening but that it is being stomped out. Keeping othering from happening is vital for both successful social change and preventing repeats of past tragedies.

load more comments (1 replies)

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In addition to the discomfort here, we are a very varied group. We have some set of rules, but the opinions expressed are all over the field, that includes ongoing news events, but also older things.

Those kind of differences are completely good and acceptable in a social space in which we try to create a community in which differences can remain. If we would act differently we would lose quite a bit of diversity and quite a few users that often are representing voices and perspectives that you don't hear often in the west/imperial core outside of marginalized groups.

Think how various groups come together for anti fascist actions, there you will have a ton of groups with ideological differences, and how sometimes we celebrate afterwards together.

I for one am happy to have you here :)

[-] ChapoKrautHaus@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

We have some set of rules, but the opinions expressed are all over the field

No bans for shitposting so far gigachad-hd

Only once was a post of mine deleted, because I was horny for Tulsi Gabbert. sadness

[-] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

A well deserved deletion by the Volcel enforcers.

load more comments (1 replies)

load more comments (2 replies)

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I had assumed that to be the case due to federation, but I suppose that may not always be a reasonable assumption. Doing pretty well. Mostly an average day of fighting with my ADHD so that I can effectively sell my labor. How about you lot?

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Mostly an average day of fighting with my ADHD so that I can effectively sell my labor.

ain't that the truth lmao

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

I'm going to be generous with myself and call it a draw.

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

an average day of fighting with my ADHD so that I can effectively sell my labor

Posting is both the cause of and solution to so many problems

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Truth!

load more comments (6 replies)

[-] westheimer@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago

Neat!

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just wanted to say that the Midwest is cool and not flyover country as some coastal liberals might believe. Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, all cool cities. The Midwest is the breadbasket (ok, cornbasket) of the country too, and keeps me full with cheap processed foods, so thank you.

load more comments (5 replies)

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Yay, new friends! My main cultural experience of the Midwest is MST3K which I have watched a lot of.

[-] Milksteaks@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

Midwest social anarcho syndicalist here. I love the lib dunkin as well as the highly detailed and sourced responses. I dont know all the hate for the instance and not sure what ppb is supposed to mean but maybe one day I'll understand

[-] JuneFall@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hello anarcho syndicalist! Nice to see you around sabo iww gold-antifa left-unity-2

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

PPB stands for "Pig Poop Balls". It's a picture of a pig with poop on its balls. It's an old joke from reddit days and was typically posted in response to reactionaries who wandered into the subreddit to cause trouble.

Also, welcome! quokka-smile