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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You're so vain

You don't think that this post is about you, do you?

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[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

In order to counter the Trump bot accusations going on this thread:

The Trump appointed Supreme Justices are conservative stooges that are clearly just trying to ram through as much conservative stuff into the justice system as they can. The cagey abortion rights the US enjoyed (though sometimes not in practicality) were abolished, which is bad. There were in fact a lot of posts about this on hexbear at the time it was happening. You can now search this if you so desire.

Trump escalated sanctions against Cuba. This comes up from time to time, but he's obviously not in a position to directly affect this at this precise moment, though the cudgel of "swing state" Florida Cubans is used to avoid any de-escalation.

Trump-supporting state legislatures are escalating attacks against trans people, both as a practical threat (bigots can attack trans people under the assumption that their state's law enforcement won't do anything about it) and as a legal escalation to remove any federal protections for trans people. This is also bad. Trump is also partly running on this. This comes up frequently on hexbear.

Trump didn't succeed in the wall (which itself has had varied response amongst his supporters), but he did increase funding for ICE, expanded detention camps etc. This comes up when it's in the news, but Trump specific policies don't tend to be news regarding this right now for some reason.

Trump's tax cuts for certain sectors and the ultra-wealthy. idk why you'd think hexbear would support this?

and so on

I'm not sure why I'm doing this. I'm not sure why people are surprised that a news aggregation and commentary site tends to talk about things that are currently happening as opposed to things that happened three years ago.

[–] ivereadalltheory@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Tankies when you don't want your country to fall into fascism.

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[–] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (148 children)

What's the difference between a fascist and an "anarchist" who does everything they can to kneecap the only viable left leaning political party in the US?

There's no practical difference, just window dressing. They both cheer on oppression and pain for those suffering under Republicans.

And don't even get me started on communists. Left and right authoritarians, I've gotten death threats from both of them. Whether it's some leftist telling me I would "get the wall" when the Revolution comes or some fucking Republican telling me that the US was only for Christians and that they'll go after "traitors" soon, you get to the same fucking place at the end of the day. The only real difference is that there's far more Republicans, and they're far more organized than left authoritarians.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really want to know what you said before the communist told you that you deserved the wall

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolute potato brained worldview

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[–] Addfwyn@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the only viable left leaning political party in the US?

I might be misunderstanding you, so I apologize if that is the case, but if you are referring to the Democrats they are far from left leaning. They aren't even center leaning.

You can't even say they have a better track record than the Republicans. They bomb countries as much (or in recent years even more) than the Republicans. They advocate for wars. They fund ICE even more than the Republicans. They stand up just as much for reproductive rights (read: not at all). They just do all of it while waving a rainbow flag.

I really hope you meant the Greens or the CPUSA; which have their own issues but are certainly more left than either the Democrats or Republicans.

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[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This comment is giving me so much whiplash.

I was sure it was gonna be ironic when they started comparing anarchists to fascists, but fun fact: no, they actually mean it. Anarchists are fascists, everyone. You've heard it here first!

I swear, if there's something liberals hate more than what's on their right, it's what's on their left.

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[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

the only viable left leaning political party in the US?

we have one of those? what's the name of the party?

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