There is absolutely such a thing as “far left”. You’ll find people who hold these deep genuine convictions about communal living and egalitarianism and ecological preservation over industrial development.
But “far” has to mean “bad” and the left/right spectrum needs to be equivalently bad. So we get an earful about how some Wiccan thruple with a compost pile and a compounding business that trades in underground abortion medication is interchangeable with the Wehraboo failson who shoots up a Black Baptist Church.
Adding to the problem, you’re not going to find any “far left” billionaires, because the very process of accumulating billions requires a reactionary worldview.
Again. There is no such thing as a “far left.” It’s an invention of liberal media, who insists on having one to equate with the far right to suit their both-side-ism propaganda, and it’s being being propagated by liberals who desperately want to pretend that their right-wing ideology qualifies as “leftist” simply because they don’t want to be associated with their fascist cousins.
And you fell for it.
Anarchists and communists aren’t “far left.” They are simply left.
I’ve got a friend who is in jail right now because she chained herself to the front of an oil refinery, protesting fossil fuel consumption. That’s the very definition of “far left”. She put her ideology on her sleeve and risked her life for her beliefs in the hope that she could enact revolutionary change.
Anarchists and communists aren’t “far left.” They are simply left.
Slapping a name-tag on your beliefs isn’t what’s at issue here. Illegalism is what’s at issue. Once you are so passionate about your understanding of the world that you’ll put your health and safety and your very life on the line to live out your values, you’re going outside the bounds of what centrists can stomach.
Miep Gies was a member of the far-left. Paul Watson is a member of the far-left. Khymani James is a member of the far-left. Steven Donziger is a member of the far-left. Chris Smalls is a member of the far-left.
They’re doing so much more than fucking posting.
You are either left or you are not.
You can claim to know all the theory. But there’s a yawning void between theory and praxis.
Once you are so passionate about your understanding of the world
According to your silly understanding of it, every mass-shooter in history was also “far left.”
Again. There is no such thing as a “far left.”
It doesn’t matter how many overly-dramatic and contrived justifications you make for it. It still remains an invention of liberal media and absolutely nothing else.
The idea that there exists such a thing as a “far left” is the most centrist thing ever.
Hilarious that you say this on Lemmy. Have you never read a thread here before posting?
Which part of…
…are you having a hard time understanding, liberal?
Look in the mirror.
There is absolutely such a thing as “far left”. You’ll find people who hold these deep genuine convictions about communal living and egalitarianism and ecological preservation over industrial development.
But “far” has to mean “bad” and the left/right spectrum needs to be equivalently bad. So we get an earful about how some Wiccan thruple with a compost pile and a compounding business that trades in underground abortion medication is interchangeable with the Wehraboo failson who shoots up a Black Baptist Church.
Adding to the problem, you’re not going to find any “far left” billionaires, because the very process of accumulating billions requires a reactionary worldview.
Again. There is no such thing as a “far left.” It’s an invention of liberal media, who insists on having one to equate with the far right to suit their both-side-ism propaganda, and it’s being being propagated by liberals who desperately want to pretend that their right-wing ideology qualifies as “leftist” simply because they don’t want to be associated with their fascist cousins.
And you fell for it.
Anarchists and communists aren’t “far left.” They are simply left.
You are either left or you are not.
I’ve got a friend who is in jail right now because she chained herself to the front of an oil refinery, protesting fossil fuel consumption. That’s the very definition of “far left”. She put her ideology on her sleeve and risked her life for her beliefs in the hope that she could enact revolutionary change.
Slapping a name-tag on your beliefs isn’t what’s at issue here. Illegalism is what’s at issue. Once you are so passionate about your understanding of the world that you’ll put your health and safety and your very life on the line to live out your values, you’re going outside the bounds of what centrists can stomach.
Miep Gies was a member of the far-left. Paul Watson is a member of the far-left. Khymani James is a member of the far-left. Steven Donziger is a member of the far-left. Chris Smalls is a member of the far-left.
They’re doing so much more than fucking posting.
You can claim to know all the theory. But there’s a yawning void between theory and praxis.
No. It isn’t.
According to your silly understanding of it, every mass-shooter in history was also “far left.”
Again. There is no such thing as a “far left.”
It doesn’t matter how many overly-dramatic and contrived justifications you make for it. It still remains an invention of liberal media and absolutely nothing else.