• purr [undecided]
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    4 years ago

    they kinda are though

    and the article specifies the dirtbag left rather than the left itself so yes, red scare people being fash apologists / doing fash ironics, arent indicative of the left but it is indicative of the dirtbag left

    i understand how dumb this article is, and it seems like it has some basic facts wrong but i dont know how "the dirtbag left is flirting with the alt right" is a controversial take in 2021. 2016, maybe, back when lefties were swimming in bad faith assumptions made by libs who had no intention of ever engaging with the dirtbag left in good faith, but i think since then the 2016 "dirtbag left"'s tendency to deny good faith crticism because of lib craziness, is now seen as a wrong, racist/ transphobic/ marginalizing etc choice

    also the bill nye n word slurred bit is disgusting and racist. i will assume anyone still finding that shit cute is racist //like would you play that shit in front of a black person? probably not and its definitely for a reason. and if you did and got your shit rocked, nobody would think that black person was out of pocket . also like notice how almost every black person hates that bit and thinks its racist. this shit isnt a joke....

    leftists could do with practicing being wrong sometimes, even if your ideological opposition is right. cant be any worse than being a marginalized leftist, witnessing white leftists refuse to deal with real misbehavior actually having to do with your existence (not just your political viewpoint) because they dont want to be seen as wrong

    • Lando [any]
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      4 years ago

      I wouldn't consider the Red Scare mean girls to be the dirtbag left or even left.

    • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      You raise some good points.

      Particularly with "leftist practicing being wrong sometimes". I don't know if it's because we're so trapped in the "dunk" model of communication, or because Marx himself was both correct and an absolutely tiresome asshole, or because we're so small we're worried we'll damage ourselves and/or the left by admitting we're wrong, but it's almost pathological.

      Not admitting fault is a powerful tool on the right, but it doesn't work on the left.