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  • mrbigcheese [he/him]
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    you'd be surprised how much deeply reactionary shit there is on reddit, especially on anarchists subs. A lot of very surface level "anarchism" which reminds me of very surface level "socialism". I lose my mind at how much "Uyghur genocide" and "red fascism" shit i see peddled around places like dankleft and anarchists subs.

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        that sub was hella reactionary, those people are certainly not gonna be happy if they come here and aren't able to call everyone a red fash tankie and call china fascist

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            oh didnt realize we were welcoming reactionaries here

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                calling china fascist is not a "take" its just reactionary shit. if this site had an influx of reactionary shit i just wouldnt bother with it, literally do not want to deal with the migraines. having to argue with people about why china is not fascist shouldn't be something i have to do in even fucking leftist spaces. go actually look at r/genzanarchist if you really want to see what it was like

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                    well yes having a place for people to engage honestly with the other side is good but posting also isnt a job, like it would literally be impossible for that sub to ever have been changed. its good for people to come into leftist spaces and challenge their ideas, i just hate the expectation thats it becomes almost like a job to do this. idk i guess its just something to keep an eye on and actually warn people if they're constantly peddling reactionary shit cause its so fucking tiring to deal with

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              apparently just not being an ML or taking massive issue with the CCP's obvious authoritarianism and clear prejudice against ethnic and religious minorities (even if we dismiss everything that fascist was involved with in reporting on the genocide, shit like "wearing a long beard" in the statute's own words is apparently enough to get your ass detained) makes you a reactionary now. everyone who does not subscribe to the exact tendency i have is a reactionary. this is what reactionary means now, because apparently jokingly calling each other libs was too good-natured.

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                  saying shit like "the sub was reactionary" to imply they were being infiltrated by chuds or allying with ancaps but actually using it to mean "they have the takes any anarchist would have almost by definition on China" is sleazy bullshit.

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                    oh ya calling mls red fash and parroting anti communist propaganda is definitely not reactionary 🙄