So this site has been keeping it's anarchist and ML(M) elements together cause of the sectarianism ban, right? What if we extended that ban to other things we are currently fighting about? Seriously this is out of fucking hand

(not trying to ban discussion of veganism as a whole, obviously, but im real tired of people getting worked up over food on the internet)

  • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    If we can call people reactionary for their diets, opinions on site policies, etc why can't we do the same for more serious political differences?

    • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      lol they're not the ones being reactionary. "can we just ban all the people who don't have the same opinion as me (hint: it's the vegans)" is pretty fucking reactionary bro.

      • GrandAyatollaLenin [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I think the current interpretation of sectarianism privlages debates about dumb shit over debates over theory and actual politics. Anything significant enough to define a tendency receives extreme protection (except Trotskyism, which remains a punching bag), but you can be as divisive as you like over petty bullshit.

        The sectarianism rule was supposed to promote unity, but it just redirects the division, failing to achievt its goal while restricting users and preventing what could be productive discussion.

    • AlexisOhanian [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      We can call people reactionary for their stance in defending their right to animal cruelty AND for requesting that all posts challenging that notion be memory-holed as to not face cognitive dissonance.