I can't commit to a new site when I hear all these horror stories about anarchist chapo admins mocking, silencing and banning communists. I need to know that this will be a left unity project and that sectarianism won't be tolerated. That I won't be attacked for defending China / NK. That I won't be called a "tankie" for explaining that gulags were a progressive form of justice. That liberals spreading imperialist propaganda about the Uighurs or Honk Kong reactionaries will be shut down immediately and not given room to breathe. The MLs in the chapo community need the admins and mods to make us these promises so we can trust this site and devote our time to posting here.

  • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Feels like anarchists would just say it violates left unity to defend "authoritarian state capitalism". There's a balance to be stuck and I don't think you can just say left unity is violated because someone disagrees with you. I can't predict where the site's going to go but right now it definitely seems more ML than anarchist.

    I don't know who owns the domain but you can probably message the admins and find out.

    Also kind of fucked to just blanket say "Uighurs are terrorists". That's not even the CCP's line and it feels like you might be believing some of that CIA propaganda but saying it's good instead of looking at how it's almost certainly false top to bottom. Here's a good thread that doesn't rely on War on Terror rhetoric to defend China but actually explains how none of the sources are in any way trustworthy or verifiable: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1287411708374454273.html

      • LesbianLiberty [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        See, who the fuck are you people? Have you actually built anything IRL because I know a lot of the leftists in cities near me are anarchists and working with them is essential to what little we've already built in the past couple of years.

          • LesbianLiberty [she/her]
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            4 years ago

            See that's what the hell I mean, go outside you dork.

            Also; can I just say how weird it is to see you be downvoted in real time? Lemmy is a trip of a platform.