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Do you think pro-Trump Russian bots are building up anarchist/communist post histories to throw you off? Or that anarchists/communists are de facto Trump supporters by not voting blue no matter who?
I don't go through people's comment histories to try to validate them.
And there's a shocking overlap in vernacular and memes between tankies and alt-right. Obviously they're diametrically opposed on almost all issues. BUT neither really believe in good faith discussion, it's mostly trolling and "dunking". Mix in sarcasm that's not obvious to an outsider, and the jokes are hard to tell apart from misinformation or "muddying the water".
It's way more present since Hexbear federated in, every first impression is that it's an alt-right troll farm. After some interaction it gets clear quickly that it isn't.
Just expect us normies to have that first impression.
I do not like tankies but I have absolutely never experienced this, all tankies typically want to do is discuss theory and history to the point that it's exhausting. Have you talked to any Trotskyists??
I literally never got this impression, it's like extraordinarily clear that Hexbear is a leftist instance. From the pronouns in names to the leftist jokes lol.
You're thinking of communists or socialists. They are the ones who talk about theory and praxis.
Tankies are the "the cruelty is the point" gang - don't care about theory, workers rights, or anything else, and only use it to justify wars.