First episode I listened to was a justification for Russian nazis and the second I listened to called childless people losers. I don't care to listen to any more of it. Is the name a joke or something? Why would you name your website after these losers? The people on /r/blackwolffeed are nothing but terfs and hate on identity politics and trans people. I don't feel like the brand of leftism chapo is selling is something I want to buy. It's like hey free healthcare but your not a woman and don't mention race exists. If mods are gonna ban me for hating on this podcast than do it, I don't want to be here if they support it. However if you fine people don't like the podcast, I ask you for your support to change the name, because I haven't found a raunchier trans space. I recommend John Waters Fun House, can this thread just be a struggle session of coming up with better names than one of a shitty reactionary podcast? Thank you.

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

      This. We're a totally different breed from the podcast. I do wonder if we're eventually going to get a name change to like hex.chat or something.

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

          That's a good name. Yeah I stopped listening to the pod ages ago, the only thing I have a passing interest in is Matt and even sometimes he pisses me off.

        • chapoistransphobic [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          I'm glad an admin agrees with me on this. The quicker this site disassociates with the podcast the better. So like will chapo.chat just redirect to hexbear.net?

            • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Make it so that the branding in the upper left corner just reflects whatever URL was used and we can end this argument with everyone declaring victory.

      • snackage [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        No. We should stay Chapo exactly because the podcast hates it. The same reason why you use guillotine, bourgeoisie and proletariat. The language that drives fear into the heart of your enemy is the language you should employ.

          • snackage [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            They are our enemy and us using their name annoys them. So we should keep trying to annoy them until we are bigger then the pod.

              • snackage [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                When I first tried to get PSL to come on for an AMA, I had to explain that we aren’t associated with the shitlib podcast and beg them to look at what we’re actually posting so they know we’re farther left than the garbage podcast, and then I had to fucking explain the lore of the site to assure them that website wasn’t dedicated to the podcast.

                Well that's pretty sad of the PSL lol because even if we were with the pod they should be happy to reach out to any big audience. If it's really the case then go ahead. I don't care that much. I just thought our name was inconsequential but apparently it isn't.

              • BillyMays [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                I’m with you. Please change the name. The sooner the better. Then I can tell people irl to come here without having to explain what chapo is all about.

            • Catiline [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              How does this meaningfully work towards building a cohesive socialist community?

                • snackage [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  You're being sarcastic but that's a more effective and honest way of bridging ideological differences then anything else. A common target of ridicule builds a better community.

                    • snackage [he/him]
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                      4 years ago

                      That's a false equivalence and you know it. Chapo and Rowling are in no way comparable to each other. Keeping the name is also piggybacking of the pod's reach and success. Leaving out its ideology, we'll never get a profile in the NYT but the pod did and if someone searches for a a community around the pod we'll be the ones standing. There are material benefits to keeping the name. You know I was first like whatever but you example was not made in good faith and it's making me reconsider.

                        • snackage [he/him]
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                          4 years ago

                          The first one was me exaggerating for comiedic effect. As one does on a meme website.

              • snackage [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                You'll never get a cohesive socialist community unless you find points of unity or a common enemy.

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

          If a group of Brooklyn podcasters with a massive audience ranging from socdems to communists is your "enemy" rather than a simple annoyance, and you think that naming an internet forum after them somehow "drives fear into their hearts," you should really do some self reflection and think about how you ever got to this point in your life.

    • chapoistransphobic [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Do you think the name should be kept? I see almost no discussion of the podcast on this site except when they say something stupid. Do you have a better name idea?

              • snackage [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                Beyond the colleagal bit (I love you guys) i do have a reason: https://hexbear.net/post/89673/comment/982162

                Might be flimsy but it's a reason non the less.

          • Catiline [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I was fine with the name being retained during the initial phase of the community's existence, when we wanted to establish ourselves as an successor to the subreddit and attract as many people here as possible. Now that the well has dried up, we should move forward with divorcing ourselves from, as you succinctly put it, a 'shitlib' podcast.

            I'm also a fan of 'Hexbear' and I think we should just change it to that.

            • chapoistransphobic [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              Yeah, nazis believe that white people deserve basic welfare. Doesn't mean they are my allies. You can't just support social welfare and be an ally, you gotta support the other things too like public healthcare covering transitioning costs and sensible antiraciat laws.