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what do anarchists think about the CIA openly saying they fw them? (lemmygrad.ml)
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a while ago i was in an argument with an anarchist about china and they hit me with the uyghur genocide argument so i sent them the article with the CIA guy openly admitting its a fabrication and they just didnt reply so im genuinely trying to wrap my mind around it. are they just in straight up denial and ignore it when people bring it up?

OR, the more horrifying alternative, are there some who just fw with the CIA for stopping ”red fascism”?? i know some people honestly believe communists should support ukraine due to ”morals” so maybe its possible?

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[–] tradclasstruggle@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 day ago

Here's the thing, from their POV you're using a logical fallacy know as guilt by association, so even if the CIA approves them, or even more than that, it doesn't prove anything. And indeed, by itself it proves nothing, but we know the context where the CIA ends up being so sympathetic, the thing here is, anarchists above all else care about being more revolutionary (read edgy, in the good sense of the word) than anyone else, so this won't matter to them.