• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    Unfortunately I’m fairly accustomed to hearing insane bullshit about trans people…

    But I was definitely surprised to hear tankies and pals dehumanizing ukrainians. Severe, racist cope from people who imagine themselves to be “anti-imperialist”.

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    6 days ago

    It’s true, that’s how propagandists operate when they’re neither right wing or left wing

    They don’t care if it’s left/right, they’re just imperialists

    Whatever manipulates people to support their cause, they don’t care

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      5 days ago

      Imperialism is right-wing regardless of the empire. It’s right-wing to attack marginalized groups like trans people. It’s right-wing to support the invasion and colonization of people like ukrainians, palestinians, et al.

      There is no left-wing here.

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        Yes there is

        There are Kremlin backed left wing media outlets such as Redfish in Berlin, it was forced to shut down after its ties with the Kremlin were exposed

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    6 days ago

    I just had someone tell me that “using proper pronouns is a sign of respect and human decency. [The person being misgendered] deserves none of that” when I was calling people out on incorrect pronouns on YouTube.

    Quite literally the same shit I heard with “well the Donbas has nazis” crap from early in the war.

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      Oppressors never seem to vary their playbook, and yet people seem to fall for it all the same.