Remembering to look for and ignore folks with that telltale indicator has made the fediverse so much more enjoyable.

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      ROFL, About 7 in 10 of my interactions with .ml are either positive or neutral

      The vocal side of hexbear is almost completely unhinged.

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          I mean…they didn’t call “leftist” unhinged, they specified a specific group.

          Hexbear does not equate to all leftist, and leftism does not equate to Hexbear.

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              That may be true in some part, though I think people on Hexbear tend to conflate any criticism of their personal takes on leftism as an attack on leftism as a whole. However, in this case he did specify the “vocal” aspect of Hexbear. So I think you’re just being a little oversensitive.

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                I can’t say I agree with there being anything particularly out of the norm with Hexbear beyond their leftism, so when people describe them as “almost completely unhinged” in particular, that sets off red flags.

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                  can’t say I agree with there being anything particularly out of the norm with Hexbear beyond their leftism

                  Eh… Imo they tend to be very small tent about their leftism. Anything that runs against the popular grain can get you blocked or get you told you’re a dirty lib.

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                    That’s true of all groups, though, hsving a relatively cohesive range of acceptable opinions. What sets Hex apart is the leftism.

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              This is essentially gaslighting. Almost every time I saw a reply that was so out of line toxic was from hexbear. Ex: “disgusting capitalist bootlicker. Kys.” under a post saying we should vote for Biden. I can go find these actual words on the post that was titled “get out and vote!” with an image that said “not voting is a vote for trump” if you want.

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                Voting for a genocidal imperialist warmonger isn’t leftist, so it makes sense that leftists oppose that. I’m not gaslighting, you’re kinda proving my point, it’s the leftism that’s the issue.

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                  The overwhelming majority of the time people have issues with Hexbear, it’s the leftism.

                  This is the only thing I am responding to. Almost every comment on the defederation from hexbear thread said it was because of toxicity, not ideology. If a vegan says to someone “kys carnist, crawl into a hole and die,” and gets banned, they didn’t get banned for being vegan.

                  https://sh.itjust.works/post/4281207

                  For anyone who actually cares to look at all the people discussing their negative experiences with hexbear users.

                  Bonus meme: my identical comment made by someone else on the instance: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/2928583

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                    Considering the sh.itjust.works user that made that thread in the first place is an incredibly toxic person that runs an anti-communist drama community, is a Zionist, etc, something tells me that the people claiming it’s toxic are ones that had strong political disagreements to begin with.

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            “Tankie” is just a pejorative for those that uphold socialist countries as legitimate, and oppose the US empire. Communists are not anywhere close to MAGA, and pretending they are is sophistry.

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                It absolutely is, it’s the McCarthyian vision of a spooky scary communist that wants to gobble up all of the babies. It’s used against Marxists and anti-imperialists to terminate discussion.

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                  Haha so wrong but please keep posting and voting on this post so people can see how tankies really are.

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          Sorry cowbee, youve got no power here. I thought I had you blocked already. Leftist is fine, I draw the line at tankie. Blocked at instigator.

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            I don’t have “power” anywhere. Having issues with Marxists is still generally a bad thing that should be a broken rule.

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        If their problem wasn’t with the communism but instead with the hatred they get, then Hexbear.net is good, which uses an allow-list for federation. It’s a very chill instance to use.

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              Yes exactly.

              Not whatever that far right, conservative shite the tankies are smoking.

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                Considering “tankie” is just a pejorative for those who uphold socialism and oppose the US Empire, the “far right, conservative shite the tankies are smoking” is just Marxist theory.

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                    It absolutely is, it’s the McCarthyian vision of a spooky scary communist that wants to gobble up all of the babies. It’s used against Marxists and anti-imperialists to terminate discussion.