[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 27 points 2 hours ago

That discussion was a fiasco. Decisions at the administration / moderation level could have been more transparent, but instead of discussing that we went straight to assuming everyone had an ulterior motive.

I wonder if jacketing people as toxic cishet white debate bros for posting on the tank comms helped or hindered the ability have a productive conversation and assume good faith

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 13 points 2 hours ago

I haven't played it (and may not, idk), but I'm glad you're having a good time comrade

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 18 points 2 hours ago

Glad it's inclusive, but it also doesn't look great

Just because all the reactonaries are review bombing it doesn't make it good. Bioware these days has an amazing talent for turning everything they touch into shit

That might be true, but the mod team statements have also given me the impression that they don't view themselves as part of the rank and file users and, in fact, hold us in contempt

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 25 points 5 hours ago

You do seem energized bloomer

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 24 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Why are you modding a comm you hate?Seems like there's a simple solution to that logout

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 17 points 5 hours ago

They're back ITT!

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 31 points 5 hours ago

Did you get some rest sweetie?

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 15 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It's that this came in combination with a total lack of transparency with us and a constantly shifting rationale for removing the comms. And the fact that these clowns got week notice while the admins couldn't even solicit feedback on the changes here first before implementing them. Was it a ruse? I just don't know what to believe anymore

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 61 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The mods behind this statement should come forward and c/selfcrit. So many people have pointed out the the jacketing the userbase here as cishet white Reddit debatebros is fucked up and hurtful among other issues, and they are cowards for hiding behind CARCOSA. If you have contempt for the users then say it with your whole fucking chest under your own name

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 22 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I honestly just don't know what to think. I've long admired the work CARCOSA has done. During federation, when I had (correctly) pointed out that another instance's admin was doing soft Holocaust denialism, she asked me to remove it for the sake of harmony and I did. Because she was working overtime to make federation work. She's one of the few admins who is actively communicating with users, and is really the public face of the team.

I've also never previously given credence to the idea that the mods are in opposition to the userbase or that they have formed cliques. Its not that hard to become a mod (I myself am technically a mod of the inactive bestofhexbear) and they do a lot of work.

But this has really shaken my faith. Between the constantly shifting justifications for the removals of the tank comms, the aspersion that were cast on the user's during the justifications, the what few revelations we have of the behind the scenes process, and the behavior of some of the mods during this ordeal... It's really bad. I wish CARCOSA had not made herself the face of this or gone to the other instances' admins behind our backs. Frankly, I think the mods who were behind the statement should come forward publicly and c/selfcrit, so that she is not bearing the full weight of the poor decisions of what was apparently a group effort to fuck up the site

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If you follow comrade @posting_forever on Twitter, she has been out there banging the drum about Treatlerism for a while. She says it has origins in Matt Christman's ideas on the role of treats in the imperial core.

I would define it as the open endorsement of imperial violence to ensure the continued flow of treats. This thread is a perfect exemplar of this attitude: https://xcancel.com/DrVirgo1981/status/1854527156589658382

It's not a new phenomenon, but as material conditions deteriorate, it will become a much more marked tendency

I have prepared a selection of its more disgusting replies for you below, but the whole thread is a bunch of Hitlers saying "exaaaaacctlllltyyyyyy" to each other.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/dredge_tank@hexbear.net

Hitler convention in the replies hitler-detector

I'd say it's ironic that he went to an HBCU but, as far as I can tell, their main purpose is to indoctrinate bourgeois black kids into the ruling ideology.

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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Would have posted it in c/dating but it's closed for some reason. Weird

https://xcancel.com/theElegantWorm/status/1854333213260272077

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Build the movement against Trump! Make the U.S. ungovernable!

Published November 6, 2024

So, it happened. The racist, reactionary fool Donald Trump is returning to the White House, and Republicans will dominate Congress. The polarization of American political life is sharpening and deepening. Revolutionaries and progressives have some heavy lifting ahead of us.

There is going to be plenty of time to analyze what happened in the election, but on the morning after, some things are clear. The leadership and wealthy backers of the Democratic Party have only themselves to blame for the outcome. The Harris/Waltz campaign was tone-deaf to the needs and aspirations of working people. In fact, the two words that they seemed unable to work into any of their speeches were “working class.” Instead, they offered a sad mixture of genocide in Palestine, combined with an appeal to college-educated, “never Trump” Republicans. And they failed.

This election was not about good choices. From the viewpoint of FRSO and the anti-war movement, it was a referendum on genocide in Palestine and a broader war in the Middle East. For many, the economy was the main issue. At day’s end, the rotten choices available to us stand as an indictment of the capitalist system.

We need to understand that major attacks are coming. The labor movement will come under fire and there will be attempts to erode our standard of living. The bigots in DC will do what they can to promote inequality and there will be attacks on oppressed nationalities, including Black people, Chicanos and Latinos, Asian Americans, Arab Americans and others. The rights of immigrants are going to be a special target. There is a crude women-hating misogyny in Trump-world, and we can expect further moves to restrict our reproductive rights. Likewise, we can expect attacks against LGBTQ people. And the genocide in Palestine will continue under Trump.

The good news is that this war on the people is not going to be one-sided. It is entirely possible and necessary to build strong popular movements that are capable of serious resistance. This is not the time to keep our heads down. It’s time to unite all who can be united to defeat Trump’s reactionary agenda. The test is not how many bad things we can say about him—he is a reactionary piece of garbage, so we will say plenty. But the real challenge in front of us is how many people we can put into the streets. To those who feel a little down or demoralized, we can offer the hope of resistance. We have the capacity to fight and win.

The U.S. empire is in decline and Trump is a symptom. We are going to build the struggle. We are going to strengthen the people’s organizations and show some backbone in the trade unions. We are not going back. We are going forward, and we are going to do that with as many people as possible. Together, we can make this country ungovernable!

https://frso.org/statements/build-the-movement-against-trump-make-the-u-s-ungovernable/

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I don't need polls when I have the power of AI to predict the outcome

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

But I just want you to know that nothing is my fault and I take no responsibility for what I've said

Vote Green!

Read the Social Fascist Party VP candidate's full non-apology for his recent transphobic and anti-abortion comments here

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Oh what a surprise, the guy who was real concerned about the Uyghur Genocide is a transphobe. Can't believe these clowns keep rooking leftists, who should know better, into voting for them. Death to liberals

I say this as someone who knocked doors for Ralph Nader as a teenager in 2004 and got yelled at by people in a bipartisan way

https://xcancel.com/msolurin/status/1852155268999619033

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/comics@hexbear.net

One of the original indie comics. A generational saga about strangers in a strange land and how horny they all are for each other

All free to read online btw

Don't @ me if there's problematic stuff in here though, it started in the 1970s and I honestly don't remember

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Inspired by some of the discussion in this thread. I don't think it's appropriate place for that discussion there, but hey why not have a separate thread for it

If I think religion is not good in general, am I Reddit and cringe and basically Richard Dawkins?

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

But seriously, this is a well known phenomenon. The people native to the mountain regions of the world are well-known for their joyous homosexuality while the despicable people of the flatlands' heterosexuality is as boring and monotonous as their physical landscape

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