I dunno, I've just noticed little comments and things here and there on Chapo and TrueAnon for example that kinda gives me the impression that they either don't take the subject seriously or don't care.
I dunno, I've just noticed little comments and things here and there on Chapo and TrueAnon for example that kinda gives me the impression that they either don't take the subject seriously or don't care.
I also kinda feel this way about body shaming and class shaming (which often intersects with physical/mental disabilities) You see this a lot when people are mocking fascists for being "fat," "neckbeards," living at home with their parents, etc. I think it that type of rhetoric can make our comrades feel like they're not welcome and I think it also has the effect of associating a look with political ideology. It's also the same type of rhetoric that fascists use to try to discredit leftists (e.g. all leftists are socially awkward basement dwellers with blue hair). And yeah, I've seen plenty of leftists use the R slur and the A slur. It's not cool.
Yeah, people really are alienating potential comrades by mocking their appearance (or tons of other characteristics) and equating it to opposing political ideologies.
Leftists who do this are putting inflicting ego damage & humiliating their foes over solidarity for their comrades. Reactionaries' social views should give them more than enough content to bully them with.