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hexbear try not to implode every month challenge is going swimmingly. Surprised that one debate pervert isn’t worming all up in that thread.
hexbear needs an intervention. They’ve been huffing social fascism and electoralism and it is destroying their lives and relationships.
I thought this was a bit over the top until I had the clean wehrmacht myth reinvented in front of my eyes.
Ouch oof owie yowsah AAAAAAAAAAA
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So for as long as I can remember I dress how I wanted and did my own hobbies. Colorful or alternative clothing, being a open and accepting person, that kind of stuff. And I suffered a great deal of ridicule for it in my hometown, being called gay and whatnot.
So years go by and I continue to be me, you know. Dress in my own type of clothes, enjoy my coffee while reading a book outside, whatever. And after leaving my hometown and moving into the big city some years ago I finally felt like I found a place where I could do such things without facing homophobia.
Only now this whole ‘aesthetic’ has been hijacked by the performative male meme which is now, imo, turning into another form of homphobia (haha real men can’t read books or wear flashy outfits by themselves, they must be acting to get laid!). It is reinforcing patriarchic views of what men can and cannot like. Men can’t like stuff women happen to like without ulterior motives, or without being gay.
the performative male meme is just a method of social conditioning for fascism. As was the tradwife thing before and the whole cleangirl/“feminine energy” BS. Too bad clueless libs are actively furthering it.
Reminds me of the time a lib got very enraged because she disputed that complementing someone for their “good genes” was eugenicist.
most people in the real world don’t care about some mean, cynical meme discourse, just keep doing you and try not to let it get to you (which is admittedly easier said than done). rejecting toxic masculine posturing and being an open person sounds pretty based to me, for what that’s worth!
Hey, new to Lemmygrad, but if I have an account here, I can’t post on hexbear, for example? Because I see some people with @hexbear.net posting here, but if I go there, I’m unable to. Or do I need to enable something somewhere?
You have to access the posts from Lemmygrad. You can use the “All” view, or visit specific communities (e.g.
lemmygrad.ml/c/news.net). You can also subscribe to communities and then use the “Subscribed” view.Ah, gotcha, thanks!
I’ve been away for a while due to a strenuous and stressful move. I’m a bit more settled now in a new city where I don’t know anyone or anything, hoping for a fresh start and a fruitful direction. Although it’s quite lonely at the start.
I did that several years ago, and it was the most pivotal change in my life. It’ll be tough not knowing anyone at first, but it was transformational for me. Good luck!
Thank you comrade
As the weather cools down in the northern hemisphere, and warms up in the southern, make sure you’re all dressing appropriately for the weather! Keep up with your goals, look excitedly towards the future, and roll up our sleeves so that we may better do the work necessary for that future to be a good one. The historic duty of the working class depends on each and every one of us.
Have a great week, y’all! And stay safe, people of Palestine. May the entity crumble to dust and your people be free from river to sea.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
You too comrade! Sorry I’m late
You too comrade!
You too!
Cat cuddles! 😻
You too!
You too Oppo
Currently residing in Cologne, Germany for a few days and despite being labeled as a left wing leaning city, I have yet to see a single Palestinian flag or sticker. Lots of Antifa and anti nazi shit but no Palestine. Compared to my city, were every single lamp post has Palestine stickers, it is a strange sight.
hexbear cultural revolution when???
Saw an ad for a funeral service and immediately thought they must be hedging their bets on an invasion of Venezuela happening and going very poorly.
i hung out with some comrades over the weekend and hosted them for some tea and chess. had an incredible round table discussion about politics. this is what being human is about…
That sounds awesome, I’d love to do something like that!
manifesting for you!
I wish I had commie friends.
im manifesting some for you!! i went from having kind of zero to a lot in the span of a year and a half or so!
Turn your friends into commies! It’s what I had to do!
In all seriousness, I wish some for you, comrade.
The amount of alleged “Marxists” I’ve encountered who prefer vibes to materialism, lack basic reading comprehension, and prefer strawmen arguments over responding to what was actually written is really putting my revolutionary optimism to the test. Some comrades out there really need to learn how to process information before reacting to it.
I expect this shit from liberals but we’re supposed to be better than this.
This is why we have to build a vanguard party. Not all the working class can/will/need to understand dialectical materialism.
Vibes based Comrades can be safely kept out of the loop and called in at a moments notice. Your party needs to have a person who can harness vibes and direct those people where needed. That was what Lenin did with trosky.
Can you imagine the headaches involved in managing trostky?
Lenin was stronger than I to tolerate Trotsky ngl
I agree. Too often people play with rhetoric or try to point out fallacies, taking “easy victories,” rather than engaging with the most charitable reading of their points. It’s a consistent problem I see. Same with comrades interacting with other comrades, I don’t see it too often but sometimes I see struggle for the sake of struggle, rather than for unity and understanding.
Anyone watching The Lowdown staring Ethan Hawk? Its really good. It constantly reminds me of The Big Lebowski. Probably one of the best shows I have watched in a while.
Ty for the recommendation comrade 🫡 I’ve added it to my Sonarr instance and am excited to watch it!
took a look out my window and BOOM, BIG ASS AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER BROTHER GET OOOOUUUTTRHHAGJ
My mom send me the vote suggestion she got based on a quiz she did for the Dutch elections and it is a split between D66 (neolib) and the Green/Labour fusion and she said that for the Greens she didn’t really support their ‘radical’ side.
Mother in Christ what radical side
