• FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    Is this supposed to be a coherent criticism of leftists? Yeah, we believe that liberals are ideologically wrong. We disagree with their ideology. We think that their ideology leads them to the wrong results. Is that really surprising to you? Why do I owe you anything?

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      12 days ago

      Why do I owe you anything?

      I’ve mentioned it before but the Bluesky lib term equivalent for solidarity is “building coalitions”. And - of course - that means we vote for who and what the libs want. It makes me bitter but it also makes me laugh.

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        Bluesky might be one of the worst pieces of fallout form the social media wars. It’s just a blueanon skunk works for them to workshop their new smarmy talking points.

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      I’ve tried explaining it to them like “imagine a maga conservative was just like ‘come on bro, just believe what I believe’ without feeling disgusted. That’s how people to your left feel about your liberal project”

      Never goes over well

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        I’ve yet to see a case of someone calling geopolitics and issues otherwise related to US imperialism “FP” where the person in question isn’t just trying to downplay genocide. Didn’t Contra do the same thing on her reddit post?