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[-] cacheson@kbin.social 159 points 1 year ago

The irony is that if they were merely antifascists that were dunking on racists and transphobes, a lot of people would genuinely appreciate them. The tankie brain-rot ruins that though.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the fascists, not join them!"

Although, tbf, I think I'd still be somewhat annoyed at Hexbear style discourse even if it was oriented towards a good cause. Much less annoyed, of course, but "I know you are but what am I?", Sea Lioning, Gish Galloping, and images of pigs pooping on their own balls are not great for the tone of any community.

[-] Rooty@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

Let's face it, these people are run-of-the mill internet trolls who are working with a politics angle. Their only cause is distruption of online communities for shits and giggles. Treat them like any other troll - block on user level, defederate on instance level.

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[-] fry@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile in my Lemmy app....

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, that central tenet of communism, "compensation".

[-] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago

Yup, logically inconsistent, and if you confront them about it they tell you they are just being "le masters of irony".

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[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago

these people a literally cultists.

Same as the the MAGAts

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[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are all mentally unwell. So sick of seeing their shit. Literally no different than the ultra MAGA crowd just the opposite end of the spectrum. Insane people congregating sharing insane beliefs.

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[-] goat@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 year ago

ahaha, god that's so pathetic

[-] li10@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they think they’re having any real effect on anything then they majorly need to touch some grass.

This is the reality of their “dunking on user bases”

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[-] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

You have to appreciate the irony of forcing people to be communist, or else. Literally doing the thing they are denying.

[-] flucksy_bango@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

That's not ironic. They're authoritarians. I very much doubt that they're against forcing people to be collectivists.

[-] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How is this instance not just lemmy grad they believe the same things and act the same.

[-] cacheson@kbin.social 58 points 1 year ago
  • lemmygrad: Genocide denial
  • hexbear: Genocide denial, but in vaporwave
[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's weird how they can't seem to realize they're literally, exactly the same as trumpers. They're just tanky Qanon. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

I'm fairly certain most of them are trumpers. They're far right 4chan trolls roleplaying as what they think leftists sound like (and they're really not very good at it), possibly for laughs, possibly to make leftists sound bad, probably both. And some of them are Chinese and / or Russian shill bots.

[-] CryptoRoberto@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

Eh, I think you're making it too complicated. The simplest explanation is normally true. They're just brainwashed low intelligence goons forming a groupthink echo chamber. Instead of blaming brown people and "libruls" they blame capitalists, liberals etc.

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[-] regalia@literature.cafe 19 points 1 year ago

Just be glad they're staying on hexbear and not creating alts on other instances.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 1 year ago

Reading these comments that looks exactly like what they are doing.

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[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

They have been doing that. Other threads on lemmy world have the nazis admitting to it.

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[-] BigNote@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

These are not intellectually serious people. They should not be treated as such.

[-] bornagainpenguin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Wow, this is amazing. Not at all like what happened at reddit...

[-] CorruptBuddha@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the fuck out of Hexbear. Over the past few years I've seen a massive ideological shift in a bunch of communities I use to enjoy. Like feminist communities shifted from egalitarian/humanist perspectives towards more bigioted attitudes, people stopped caring about confronting their own biases, and instead try to justify them, because "the patriarchy". I've encountered these people in real life. I once got in an argument with another nonbinary with them telling me "You need to understand the world sees you as a white male".

I see people getting called white supremace for calling out racism.

Sorry I know this is a ramble, still processing.

Anyways, now that I see the fingerprints of Marxism I can just call it out.

[-] LukeMedia@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I think this is a side effect of social media algorithms as a whole. It pushes people into more extreme views of content/ideoligies that they already have, potentially pushing them to a point they wouldn't have chosen.

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