cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/twitterblueskymastodon/p/1087934/when-inaction-is-rebranded
When everybody else runs fast to the far-right, but you don't move, they will claim you are now radical left. The current public discourse in a nutshell.
Counterpoint: Being radically left is based, actually.
Yup. And as someone on the far left, it's pretty easy to see that those people who just stand still like the meme are talking about are absolutely not on the far left. I'd also argue if you can stand still in your middling 90s/early 00s centrist politics amidst everything happening, you're probably a pretty shitty person
Except when you get to that level of far left where you start unironically repeating far right talking points.
Horseshoe theory - not even once.
Spend five minutes on .ml and you'll see that it's a theory just like the theory of gravity.
Far left doesn't equal current day Russia / China
Tankies are authoritarian lefties, which taste a lot like any other flavor boot in your mouth IMO
They are in no way "more left", they're just less liberal/anarchist. Because they're authoritarians, you see
I dislike tankies as much as the next person. But calling them "far right" is beyond politically illterate.
If you re-read my comment you'll see that I did not call them far-right I said they repeat far-right talking points which is demonstrably true.
jEnOsiDe JoEee!/!11
Same thing happened to me. I voted for Clinton, but now in 2026 im a radical right.
Flip switch logic at its finest - if you're against us, you're automatically with THEM. No one ever considers that one can be against both.
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
RELATED COMMUNITIES: