My two cents on how to achieve left unity:

Anarchists: Stop using the word tankie. It pushes your fellow leftists away and pisses them off. Instead make specific criticisms of communist countries. ESPECIALLY stop calling MLs “red fash”. There is already enough misinformation going around about fascism.

Marxist-Leninists: Embrace critical support. Be willing to criticize and accept criticism of nations like China, the Soviet Union, and especially North Korea. Remember that being against US imperialism is not the only thing that makes a country good.

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      4 years ago

      I don't really disagree with your actual claims, but your original comment is an example of what I was talking about. All the post said was, "xyz countries can be criticized" and you escalated that by treating it as though you were being asked to accept everything the BBC has to say about foreign policy.

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          4 years ago

          Sure, but from the text of the post and from your description of what you already believe, you're not being asked to change your ideology.

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              4 years ago

              That's fair enough, but a better response would be to point that out instead of the knee jerk response of assuming the asker is being disingenuous. We all have the same goals here.

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                  4 years ago

                  If you're interested in people understanding you and knowing what you mean, you'd best say what you mean instead of saying the opposite for "snark" purposes.