Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
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I actually appreciate it when we have libs showing up. Yes, this is an ML space, but it doesn’t have to be a bubble insulated from the outside world. If libs want to come here and learn or engage in good faith discussions, then we should welcome that. People won’t change their views overnight, but we can plant a seed and perhaps over time they will come to understand.
yeah, no, i agree. i don’t have a problem with that at all. the only thing i wanted to complain about was just the personal frustration of those who enter spaces at first determinedly against opening their mind to said ideology because of anti-communist programming.
but yes it is good to be receptive something something thomas sankara’s banger quote. it’s just sometimes the bad-faith people or anticommunist lefists are baffling when they choose to enter these spaces and be combative to all positions upheld. it’s fine, because either way it’s a chance to try to disseminate said information, and i am never going to be like “get out of here and die,” because again it’s a chance for people to try to teach, (once again, the sankara quote in sidebar) which is good, but it’s also a bit exhausting to see sometimes and i just wanted to express that irritation.
ETA: yeah, i think i just need to get better at theory and conveying it to other users, no matter their starting point… this complaint really is frivolous and not something disparaging engagement with non-communist/anti-communist positions!! i really admire everyone who is able to do so effectively, and that should always be my ambition on this internet.