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What do you expect, itβs HexBear. They make ML look like neoliberals.
I align more closely with hexbear politics than almost all non-hexbear users. IMO, their politics is not the problem -- they're just an astoundingly toxic community.
I agree, and both their problematic hot takes and their toxicity are well-represented in OP's link.
That's the honey trap.
They appear to be a progressive left wing community- very supportive of socialism, trans rights, big fat queer comm....then you interact and find out these are all just populist shoes they like to wear for kicking the shit out of people
Elaborate!
I don't really know how to do that other than to dig through replies from hexbear users pointing out how much vitriol they use. But in general, there's a lot of name-calling (e.g. since you disagree with me, you must be a "white cracker," "minstrel," etc. -- wtf kind of problem these guys have with minstrels I don't understand); a lot of posting of flippant reaction images instead of actual responses, and so on. They're clearly very angry about politics, which I get, but also have no interest in actually debating politics with any level of subtlety; even when I agree with someone in broad strokes but disagree about a particular item because I think it's counter-productive to their own cause, I just get harshly told off. As a result, I can only assume they imagine everyone else is disingenuous.
Yeah, they're the worst part of the worst periods of 4chan. I don't think that's where most of them come from, but it's the same type of people.
The fact that they always support authoritarianism is just the cherry on top that makes them totally unreasonable.
Ah yeah, even in that thread, there were people responding with images or immediately labeling me a liberal without explaining or knowing anything about my views except that I seemingly sided with Ukraine. One person was very angry and needlessly escalatory with their "go fuck yourself". Another felt the need to comment on my post history and try to use me running an Epic Games community against me. There's a lot of ad hominem and straw man type arguments, which is usually indicative of not having strong counterarguments on the main subject itself.
I get the same shit on world or other super lib instances claiming I'm a Tankie or fascist apologist or what the fuck ever if I at all question the msm narrative, point out democratic failings, etc.
That's every internet discussion. You skipped over the constructive arguments and effortposts, didn't address any of their valid criticism, and focused solely on the shitposts. If you're not engaging in constructive discussion, mods can remove you at their discretion.
No, that's not it. I am not denying that there is constructive and high-effort activity on the instance. But the moment-to-moment conversation is superlatively hostile, (at least when I show up lol), and I'm making pretty tame comments -- it's not because of me. I don't anywhere near that amount of venom in other instances.
Are you serious? If anything, I ignored the angry comment, the low effort image comments, and the one outright denying the mass killing of millions of Ukrainians (which was my reason for reporting it), but I engaged at length with the people who were making more or less proper arguments. I could have engaged with the top one about Ukrainians praising Bandera and remind the person that they should have a perfect understanding of how that works, given that tankies (which was that user's self-description) too praise the adversaries of their countries despite Stalin and Putin's track records making Bandera's pale in comparison, but I thought that would be way too triggering, so I didn't post that draft.
Yeah that's basically my feelings too. I wonder why they are so defensive. (edit: /gen)
I don't know if this is sarcasm. If it isn't, it's because they're supposedly leftists, but they have also been told they need to support authoritarian regimes who often harm people they're supposed to want to help, especially Russia invading another much smaller nation (and fighting them poorly). They can't reconcile these two beliefs, so instead they can only attack others.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show
That's a pretty unhinged insult tbh.
Oh I see, didn't realize this is what it was. Honestly that's so much worse than what I was thinking.