• hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        Wait, so if you pick out only one thing a person says, and ignore the rest of their statements on the same topic, they might sound bad? No way!

        • RedStarLesbian [she/her]
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          I refuse to believe you can’t decipher between somebody cherry-picking an argument to invalidate it and someone not being okay with a public figure portraying people who encourage others to read the works of one of the most recognizable and influential writers when it comes to leftist politics as crazy cultists. I agree with the overall message and I’m not even a Marxist, this is just bad faith, Comrade.

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            a public figure portraying people who encourage others to read the works of one of the most recognizable and influential writers when it comes to leftist politics as crazy cultists

            who encourage

            He's not talking about people who give you a friendly suggestion to read this or that if you want to know more. He's talking about people who repeat "read theory" a bunch instead of explaining how socialism could actually work. And if you interpret "religion" to mean "crazy cultists," that's something you're adding, not something he's saying.

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              I don’t see how someone saying read theory a lot is such a heinous crime and I say the cult part because of the “church pitch” and “Marxism is rejecting reality” bits.

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                I don’t see how someone saying read theory a lot is such a heinous crime

                Well good thing he explains his thinking, then, and the full statement isn't "don't tell people to read theory."

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                  I never said that he said to never read Marx. Again, I agree with the general sentiment, it’s the unwarranted and ridiculous assertion that being a Marxist means rejecting reality and the insinuation that Marxism is on the same level of rationality as religion.