I tried to keep the communist language as low key as possible, but I was in a thread I made about what could convince a leftist to vote for Biden, because I'm hearing some reasonable arguments from people I trust and respect. A progressive friend of mine (who's more left than like say, a Hillary supporter, but not any type of leftist) made some valid arguments about centrism and having to "play it safe" that I won't get into.

I've been dealing with a relatively severe manic episode the past few days, and I just let out a multiparagraph tirade about, "I understand wanting to appear moderate, but I'm fed up with capitalism, liberalism, and people being reactionary fucks. I wish we were already at the point where we could see that the whole Liberal-Conservative sham is what's keeping us sick, poor, and two paychecks away from homelessness." I didn't say anything about the USSR or Castro, but I also implied class struggle and how that should be our goal.

Eh, a pretty active thread with like 10 commenters haven't interacted in like an hour and a half, I hope I didn't completely alienate the rest of the people in my life, lol.

    • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The turd is the rock.

      Lmao now I'm laughing at the idea.

      And the first time he talked to me about 13/50, I tried explaining, "Well yeah, if those statistics are true, you need to look beyond that and look at racial profiling, unjust lock-up rates, unjust detentions. Obviously more black people are going to be charged with a crime if they're getting targeted more, you fucking shithead." But it's solely used to justify their view on POC, it's not a cry for concern over crime rates.

      Edit: I like your approach though, getting them to unmask what they're really trying to say. Maybe I'll try that if I see him again.

    • QuickEveryonePanic [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      This reminds me of a Beau of the Fifth Column video where he says that's what he does when people tell racist jokes. He pretends he doesn't get it and asks them to explain. Great tactic.