don't let the door kick you in the ass
I've been on Bear for almost a year now, and have seen it grow and change. The one thing I'm glad hasn't changed is the generally anti-intolerance. And boy are the rightoids pissing and shitting and crying about it.
The post that sparked this all was a reply to Suliman's Our backyard is starting to stink, you probably know the one.
The replier made a big stink about "Waaahhh, people don't wike my dogshit opinions and they mawds awe buwwying me. So now I'm weaving!", which I just have one thing to say to that:
Good. Fucking. Riddance.
Rightoids and "center-right" (which is just rightoids without any self-awareness, or they know their political takes aren't getting them any bitches) seem to think that every space is for them, and when they get pushed back they start making it out like its a "witch hunt".
People are allowed to dislike your opinions, if you can't handle that go back to X where the rest of you fascist sympathizers belong.
The replier made the comment that Suliman might be "out of touch", which just reminds me of the simpsons meme of "Am I out of touch? No it's the children that are wrong".
Can Suliman come off as a bit extreme? Maybe, but considering the guy had to flee his home country because it was getting treated like a missile testing site for US, Britsh, French, Russian, and Iran military programs, can't say as I fucking blame him for not being sympathetic to your neoliberal, imperialist kowtowing.
I think the only thing I would "critique" Suliman of, that I think all of us in the left are guilty of, is that we do throw around things like "nazi" without adding the added context.
When Suliman said that one person's post "is straight out of the Nazi playbook", I think it would have helped for the added reasoning as to why. Not for the rightoids, I don't think you could hammer the point through their lead-thick skulls even if you wanted to. I think it's useful for the people who are on your side of things, but aren't as educated or can't see the full picture.
Suliman isn't a scary person, he's not a fucking Tasmanian devil that lashes out at anybody to the right of Marx. You can ask him why he feels the way he does he'll give you a pretty calm and measured response. I know this because I've also debated with him.
Anyway, I think giving that added education and context would be helpful for the more layman-left to actually have a greater understanding of things and not get left with their dick in their hand when a rightoid is even 1% more knowledgeable than you.
You've seen it, it's what makes pundits like Ben Shapiro get off so easy, they're not actually going against REAL debaters, they're going against 1st/2nd year undergrad students who's only experience in debate is internet arguments. That's why they get their shit kicked in when they debate someone who ACTUALLY can debate, because the debater is a lot more well-informed and can puncture the VERY open holes in rightoid logic which tends to just fall into religious fundamentalism and ignorance.
The poster that Suliman was flaming mentioned how they've never been on 4chan or Shitter. As if that somehow exonerates them from parroting far-right propaganda. You might not THINK you're a Nazi, but when you start project personal issues onto some strawman then adding an extra sprinkle of conspiracy that paints YOU as the victim and that you're somehow special in your sense of reasoning and lover for law and order... people who can see the parallels of National Socialist talking points are gonna call you a Nazi (or at least say what you're saying comes from the Nazis). You aren't immune to spreading far-right propaganda, or any propaganda for that matter.
Mono caught strays from the poster (xenophobic is only a big word if you're illiterate) and basically starting wining about his post sparking witch hunts, a common mind killer for people too ignorant to figure out WHY their opinions are unpopular. His post wasn't even political really, people just got butthurt that people reserve the right to not expose themselves to your shit.
Just because you shared your opinion doesn't mean you can't be publicly ridiculed. People who masturbate to the 1st amendment seem to forget that it only applies to government persecution, you are not protected from people shitting on your shitty opinions.
If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the fucking kitchen.
If you want laissez-faire moderation, go on twitter, 4chan, or start a wix blog or something. The community does not have to coddle you or your sense of self importance.
Rightoids forget that their views aren't just unpopular in niche spaces online... they're unpopular in most of the world that isn't ran by blatant theocracies and dictatorships. American Center is European Right, think about that for a second as to why without hitting yourself with the instant mind-killer that the entire West is somehow delusional and you and your basement-dwelling homeboys with way too much interest in ancient Rome and WWII are the only sane one.
They'll also paint their own views as "not that extreme" in an attempt to normalize their ignorance and "both-sides bad" bullshit.
So let this be a little PSA. If you find yourself being "shadowbanned" by moderators (hell, even I had a post de-ranked some time back, and am fully prepared for this one to as well. You're not the only one, but guess what the post that got deranked was my most hostile post I've made to date... maybe take THAT into consideration?) and being critiqued by other members here, and start making a big stink on your blog about leaving rather than questioning your own ideas, remember this one thing...
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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