this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2025
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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"Tankie" is just a pejorative for communist, it isn't an ideology. Call me "tankie" all you want, but at the end of the day I read Marxist-Leninist theory and volunteer for a Marxist-Leninist org that has stances in line with the rest of Marxist-Leninist organizations. You can't claim to not be an anti-communist, you maintain an anti-communist comm and oppose communism.
Secondly, showing a handful of times you've spoken about sex and gender doesn't mean you're more supportive, especially since I have already explained that I disagree firmly with Nutomic:
The Russian government is a homophobic dictatorship of capital. China isn't imperialist, it doesn't run its economy based on international plunder, export of capital, nor is it under the control of a financial oligarchy.
Everyone has read theory, Cowbee, you're not a special sort for reading theory. Though, since you're such an expert in it, enlighten me, what were Marx's quotes on Africans and Jews?
cw: antisemitic and racist slurs
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/its-time-talk-about-karl-marxs-racism-181292And it's nice you firmly disagree, very neolib of you, writing a firmly worded letter to your master, well done. Here I was thinking that a tankie such as yourself would put a bit of action and elbow-grease into your morals and completely leave lemmy.ml for the developer's transphobia. Foolish of me.
I never claimed to be an expert in theory, you have to force words into my mouth to craft a narrative that doesn't exist. You need so very badly for me to be the strawman you've created of me, because you can't actually make any coherent points.
Secondly, Marx was no racist, nor was he anti-semetic. He himself was Jewish, and attacked the anti-semetic hit-piece The Jewish Question. Marx advocated for the liberation of all peoples, linking out of context quotes collected by a far-right anti-communist org doesn't help you beat the cryptofascist allegations.
As for leaving Lemmy.ml, it's still useful for talking about theory, and the userbase is very pro-LGBTQ (unlike sh.itjust.works), and I speak far more frequently on the importance of trans rights. Abandoning a space because one of the admins is reactionary just lets the entire narrative there be guided by that.
But you use the 'I've read a lot of theory' excuse all the time as an attempt to appear as an authority.
If you use racist and antisemitic slurs, then you're a racist and an antisemite.
Though hey! This will be a golden opportunity for you. Let's talk about how Russia and China treats its LGBTQI (you forgot the I) population.
I have read theory, yes, and I generally know what I'm talking about when it comes to subjects I have read about. I'm not an expert, and have never claimed to be. I think based on what I have read, I can pretty easily see where people go wrong, or haven't read the subject.
As for Marx, again, out of context quotations where he is responding to someone using said slurs, or when he is using language common to the time in an attempt to combat racism, is entirely different from the extremely prevalent anti-semetism and racism of the time. You linked a far-right anti-communist article deliberately written to portray something against the reality of the situation, which is par for the course for you.
As for not including the I, you didn't include the A, or the + either. I used LGBTQ as shorthand, but obviously support LGBTQIA+, this is extremely bad-faith and you know it. I already said Russia is homopbobic, China is improving but has a long way to go.
So why are you in support of Russia and China when both are grossly homophobic and hostile to being queer?
Oh, and that's not even mentioning North Korea with it's caste system.
I already explained, the extent of my support for Russia lies in its opposition to western imperialism, and the fact that it has been forced into trade with socialist countries, as well as the rising leftist support that opposes the current nationalist leadership. I don't support their homophobia, capitalism, etc. As for China, I already stated that they have made decent progress, and are regularly improving on this respect. What you're doing is "rainbow imperialism," appropriation of progressive movements in order to support the far worse outcome for queer folks, ie a return to the 90s era of economic destitution for Russia or China being forced into capitulating to western imperialism. The DPRK doesn't have a caste system, this is nonsense.