So, since coming here, I've been accosted left and right by ML's calling me a Lib for not being a ML. Essentially that's what it's come down to.

My personal philosophy aligns with Bakunin, Kropotkin, and Bookchin. I consider myself an Anarcho-Communist or Communalist, depending on the situation, I suppose.

I firmly oppose fascism and authoritarianism. I believe in direct democracy and the inherent goodness of humanity.

I really thought that I had found a place where leftist thought was going to be welcomed, but so far I have not found it here. All I've found are hateful people who want me to leave.

Like I said elsewhere, it's almost as if they don't want new people to join their cause. Like they're actively pushing people away who could have the potential to learn, and who have explicitly come here to learn and to engage in good faith.

I just don't get it. I feel like our cause will never come to fruition because of these types of attitudes.

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    If you want people to stop arguing with you, there's a rule here where you can say "ok I'm done with this conversation now" and then if someone keeps going you can call the mods on them. But continuing to argue gives the people you're arguing against leave to respond however they see fit, with certain exceptions. Gotta learn to love the fight, or stop fighting. Exceptions are made for things that might reasonably cause PTSD reactions

    When I was 12 I cried because of a fight I was in with another person on the pbp-RP section of the gaming forum I was on. Now I do not get upset at posts, even mean ones. Now I only cry if I get no engagement on my posts. If people tell me to shut up and that I suck, that just makes me laugh in fact. I post more because of that

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Now I only cry if I get no engagement on my posts. If people tell me to shut up and that I suck, that just makes me laugh in fact. I post more because of that

      :gigachad-hd: Go ahead, insult my posts. It will only make my takes worse.

    • NewAccountWhoDis [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah basically you can call time out at any point but if you break the time out then you accept that they can too.

    • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      If you want people to stop arguing with you, there’s a rule here where you can say “ok I’m done with this conversation now” and then if someone keeps going you can call the mods on them.

      That's a great rule. I came here for conversations though, and that's what I expected. I did NOT expect insults from everyone though, or to be immediately suspected of being a troll.

      If people tell me to shut up and that I suck, that just makes me laugh in fact. I post more because of that

      Well sure. But I expected honest conversations here. Not being "dunked on" constantly. That doesn't help anyone.

      • hahafuck [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Well, there's a lot of wreckers so people have itchy trigger fingers for dunks.