I'm all in for left unity and the such. But when i'm seeing ML's stomp on anarchists, i dont know what to think of them. Obviously, there are good ones, but i cant estimate the ratio of "good" vs. "bad" ones. Also, maybe they are just overrepresented in the online space? I'm literally surrounded by liberals and right wingnuts, so i couldnt really collect experience for the real life ones. Maybe someone explain me something? I dunno.
This. If Reddit was less of a circlejerk and people understood that a sub where you post uhh Kropotkin? memes (I don't know non-toxic anarchist memes, sorry) doesn't make you a better comrade, this wouldn't have happened. Both subs are toxic against each other and so irrelevant. I recommend to those concerned anarchists take this the same way they would take Reddit banning the sub: it sucks but it's not a big deal, you can regrow your online communities. People have been powertripping on the internet since it started.
Seriously. It was just a meme subreddit. Don't let internet drama get in the way of real life organization. Or your own education.
youre right. seeing drama always makes me quite insecure, i thought id ask someone outside of my head.
You have to decide what you focus your attention on. MLs don't agree with you and MLs don't think leftist unity is possible or useful. BUT, this is about the Communist Project™. Right now, there are situations where you can trust MLs and that involves helping your community. Mutual aid is one of the things that I respect about anarchists, that shit's good and useful. You can log off, go read some anarchist theory (literally shaking right now because I have to be genuine, anarchists don't re-NO) and then come back when everything has settled down. Online drama goes in cycles but communities stay the same.