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submitted 10 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/196

according to @Custoslibera’s post

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[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Who the fuck is WE? There's no solidarity on the left. The plurality is more interested in eating each other alive for clout, making enemies for no good fucking reason, and brainlessly applying the no true scotsman fallacy except "no true leftist". I so fucking desperately wanted to believe there was actually some kind of community here, but every time ANYONE gets into a position where they might be able to organize something greater than themselves the FUCKING crab mentality kicks in and they got DOGPILED. And not an insignificant part of this is driven by sock puppets operated by actual right wingers who are vapidly parroting leftist aesthetics, whipping up a rabid frenzy of torches and pitchforks, and motherFUCKERS on the left KEEP FALLING FOR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. At this point every time I see someone on the left who is attacking anyone specific, i just drop them and stop engaging. THIS BEHAVIOR is why 'we' fucking lose over and over again.

Instead of trying to punish each other, we should have been working together, but THAT is what "we" have been doing to "let" the right get away with shit. If we don't have solidarity "we" have NO shot of taking ownership of "our" messaging.

to the contrary, leftists don't get to have snappy buzzwords UNTIL AND UNLESS there is a "WE" that has enough coordination to clearly define and DEFEND the definition OF those terms. The left needs to stick to PLAIN TEXT. No more bullshit in-group jargon. "we" can't afford to be an "in-group".

[-] SnotFlickerman 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Okay buddy, while you're practically screaming at me about lack of solidarity, I've had a nice conversation with the person who made the original quote. Get a grip. Maybe it's you?

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

First of all I'm sorry it sounded like I was screaming at you.

you're not the one at fault for the overarching fuckery.

Second of all my complaint is about a standing pattern of behavior, not specific people, and targeted harassment is the problem. I didn't call for you--or anyone specific--to be excommunicated and shunned, so it is definitionally a separate issue.

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