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Seeing libs seethe about “too many tankies” is really funny. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by aidnic@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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On stuff outside of lemmygrad, we are receiving a lot of hate, especially by those who just moved from Reddit. Guess they lost their hidden privilege at Reddit as their rhetoric used to be almost universal over there, while genzedong and our other subs get censored and banned. And now, on lemmy, their stuff isn’t universal, as we are more prevalent here. Seems like they really want that hidden privilege back

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[–] CarlMarks@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It took West Germany 2 decades to catch up with East Germany re: LGBTQ rights. Tge USSR was the primary opponent of the Nazis, do you know what they did to anyone falling outside of the sexual or gender norms? Germany was a bastion for queer people before the Nazis took over - Nazis quietly supported by Western powers under the hope that they would kill the Soviets (spoiler alert: they tried to kill every Slav). During the cold war in capitalist countries, homosexuality was generally illegal, often criminal, and was used to blackmail people, and notably used against high profile civil rights activists.

Does that make the oppression that did exist in some socialist countries okay? Of course not. But they did much better than the capitalists, so it's ridiculous to choose that as your primary criticism. Socialism isn't a utopia and no socialists ever claim it is. It is a struggle, and the earlier it starts the better we can progress.

Cubs is currently running circles sround capitalist countries with its new family code. Were you aware of this?

[–] GarbageShootAlt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think reunified Germany has even caught up with East Germany on trans rights, though I don't follow it that closely.