https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1325917740822093825

  • regul [any]
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    The best way to build left unity is to never say anything mean about another leftist's choices ever.

    This is why gamer conventions all smell like shit. A bunch of people who got bullied a bunch for being "different" swing in the complete opposite direction and decide that you can never call out anyone for any reason.

    You wanna have a party of foppish dandies go off, but don't act like including them isn't a bigger turn off for everyone else.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      The best way to build left unity is to never say anything mean about another leftist’s choices ever.

      Did I say no criticism is allowed, ever?

      And I don't buy the "oh he's a bad look for the left" bit because (1) it never acknowledges that starting an explicitly socialist magazine is really really good for the left, and (2) people revel in Zizek being unkempt and post that quote about Marx living a bohemian lifestyle all the time. No one pretends to care about that stuff for people they like.

      • regul [any]
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        Zizek is unkempt in a way that normal people are unkempt.

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          It doesn't matter. You never hear about any pundit's fashion choices unless it's some chud we're dunking on. He's not a politician, he hardly has any visual media presence.

          He hates capitalism as much as you do, if not more. There are so few of us as it is, why shit on the guy over wearing a cravat?

          • regul [any]
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            Because no other pundit dresses like a plantation owner. There are no other targets.

            • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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              no other pundit dresses like a plantation owner

              Yes, yes, subtle racial accusations are the best way to build left unity!

              • regul [any]
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                Yes, yes, bad faith characterizations of obvious jokes are the best way to build left unity.

                Nobody said he was a fucking racist. Stop being a scold.

                • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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                  bad faith characterizations

                  "Plantation owner" has exactly one connotation in American politics. But keep on complaining about bad faith while you claim a guy is making up an accent.