RockBottom@feddit.org to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs your child far left?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square186linkfedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down138file-textcross-posted to: anarchymemes@anarchist.nexuscommunism@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareunfreeradical@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYou are describing a small minority of self-styled leftists who largely are terminally online. Those doing the real work, such as practicing mutual aid or organizing tenants unions, are not generally defending historic atrocities. The point of the post is that the window of mainstream discourse has shifted so far right that even basic human empathy has become controversial.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut what you’re describing isn’t an extremist, just an activist.
minus-squareunfreeradical@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI am describing actual leftists.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes but not actual extremists.
minus-squareunfreeradical@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoLeftists are derided as extremist. What do you understand as the meaning of the post?
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThere’s a reason why they are referred as tankies. They supported using tanks on people during Hungarian uprising. Ironically MAGA fascists are very similar, because the real goal they are after is authoritarianism.
You are describing a small minority of self-styled leftists who largely are terminally online.
Those doing the real work, such as practicing mutual aid or organizing tenants unions, are not generally defending historic atrocities.
The point of the post is that the window of mainstream discourse has shifted so far right that even basic human empathy has become controversial.
But what you’re describing isn’t an extremist, just an activist.
I am describing actual leftists.
Yes but not actual extremists.
Leftists are derided as extremist.
What do you understand as the meaning of the post?
There’s a reason why they are referred as tankies. They supported using tanks on people during Hungarian uprising.
Ironically MAGA fascists are very similar, because the real goal they are after is authoritarianism.