i dont have much nice to say about u/liberalsocialist so i wont say much, but their presence here was entertaining and ill miss having their posts that were rich with comments

our loss of u/ides_of_merch however is a true tragedy. i was always so excited to see their BMF-esque posts, they were perfect. they got banned for sectarianism but i think it was a misunderstanding :(

  • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    maybe you're just doing an irony but ides_of_merch was BMF. No one else posts like that.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        They keep getting banned for sectarianism and just come back with a new account posting in that unmistakable style, it's just a core part of the entire BMF phenomenon by now. The original BMF account was also banned for the same reason and there were one or two between that and ides_of_merch afair.

        • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]M
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          2 years ago

          oh lol, so they actually do dislike anarchists? bc the post they got banned for this time had no other anarchist criticism other than using the term "anarcho-neoliberals" which i assumed was just a joke. they should prob not blanket hate all anarchists if they want to keep posting in communist spaces

          • GaveUp [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            Damn, is it not socially acceptable to hate on anarchists here? Good to know

            For reasons

            • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]M
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              2 years ago

              hating genuine ancoms is legit sectarianism. i know a lot of libs claim the mantle of "anarchist" but there are plenty of real anarchists on hexbear who are valuable members of the community

                • American_Communist22 [she/her,comrade/them]
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                  2 years ago

                  I think it more that we can argue and debate in other online spaces, but this is like a refuge for far-left anti-capitalists. We're here just to help weather the storm.

                • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]M
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                  2 years ago

                  i agree completely. but i think the best strategy is to try to maintain an understanding with everyone who agrees that capitalism must be ended. and a lot of reddit "anarchists" have reactionary ideas and have a nonsense understanding of AES states, but there are ancoms here who respect the achievements of socialist states and they offer reasonable critique that doesnt rely on western propaganda

                • ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]M
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                  2 years ago

                  thats true. but we still get lumped in with patsocs despite our protests. left unity first, if there is a practical reason our tendencies cause us to split so be it, but we dont even have a party to split

                  lets just get along with our anarchist comrades :left-unity-3:

                  edit: i kind of misread the 2nd half of ur comment. i just wanna say i 100% agree w you

            • ElGosso [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Even though this is a majority ML space it's still meant to be left unity