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.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        He was already banned for using "tankie" as an insult constantly. He was unbanned and told to knock it off. Now it seems he's switched to "red fash", which is objectively way worse.

        He thinks he's avoiding sectarianism because he just calls ML leaders and states "red fash", but then avoids it with users of the site that align with those same leaders and states. Ridiculous behaviour.

        Almost everything this guy has done so far has been sectarian shit flinging, debatebro behavior, and making a huge mess. I'm not sure I buy the "good faith" thing.

        • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I don't know. One thing I will say is that despite this site's claim of left unity, it does trend towards being very ML, including me. I like this site, and we could use more anarchists. That being said, you are encountering pushback because a lot of your positions are not anarchist, they are liberal.

        • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Volin smeared Makhno as a rapist with no evidence

          If he did that to another user here, yes he would probably be banned

            • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              He's one of the main theorists behind synthesis anarchism, the debate between synthesis and the platform is an interesting issue in anarchism imo

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

            Well yes, of course. That's a personal dispute.

            But would he have been banned for calling Bolsheviks "red fash"?

            • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              Idk have you been banned for saying it? Your probably not going to get banned for simply using 'red fascist' unless it's a repeated personal attack, but you shouldn't get upset when people here out how stupid it is to apply this is label to country and its ideology which suffered 80% of casualties in the world war against fascism, etc

              And your reaction to these criticisms shouldn't be to go on the defensive and assume sectarianism, but to challenge your beliefs and integrate the criticism if it is in good faith and applicable

        • please_dont [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          And Chomsky would have been banned for celebrating the fall of the USSR ? Point ?

    • Dirtbag [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      hah alright, so that guy would be a cool convo to have, but try talking about it from the perspective of the system being criticized vs saying people here who follow that tendency are somehow bad.