• GrandmasterFrank@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Well “anarchist” can mean a lot of different things depending on the person so I find it more useful to just say what I agree or disagree with.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly, some “anarchists” are just liberals who like to have an edgy/faux-radical flag and symbol (you), while others are communists with ideological differences who are still willing to work with us toward a similar goal.

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        are just liberals who like to have an edgy/faux-radical flag and symbol (you),

        cool ad hominem but I never claimed to be an anarchist

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          Sorry, but I got the impression you were, as you repeatedly said you agreed with parts of anarchism and think anarchism can mean many things. If you consider being called “liberal” an ad hominem then what are you?

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      bro, you are commenting in a community called “moretankie196”, of a marxist-leninist instance whose name is inspired in a soviet city. we do care about concepts and definitions.

      you are very welcome to learn, with us, though :D

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          Except that’s not what anarchism is, and you can’t just say “Anarchism is whatever my heart says it is”, by saying that it has a lot of different definitions to people. That’s not how definitions works, especially for a political ideology.

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            you can’t just say “Anarchism is whatever my heart says it is”,

            That’s unnecessarily aggressive, and not what I said at all.

            That’s not how definitions works, especially for a political ideology.

            Were it so easy.

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              Ad hominem deflection via tone policing is one of the weakest counter arguments there are. You can really do better, at least try to engage the main point next time, though that’s a bit difficult with no actual argument besides, “The definition is whatever I want it to be”.

              If that’s not what you said, then what does this mean?

              “Well “anarchist” can mean a lot of different things depending on the person“

              And yes, it is that easy. That’s the entire point of political theory. Whether it be Marxist-Leninist, Liberal, Neo-liberal, fascist, and yes, anarchist, they all have established definitions.

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                It’s not an ad hominem, and it wasn’t a counter argument, you were being unnecessarily rude when you could have just said “that’s not anarchism”. My counter argument was “that’s not what I said at all”.

                You can really do better

                Ironic.

                If you’d like to define anarchism instead of playing debate club, I could let you know if that’s a label I agree with.

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                  He doesn’t need to do that, actual anarchists have done so already, and if you took the time to read any foundational anarchist theory you would know what the definition is.

                  The only way anarchism has “different definitions to different people” is if they too were not interested in the theory and instead just the label, which is what this meme is about…

                  If you actually believed in dismantling unjust hierarchies you would understand that all hierarchies are unjust. Like the political hierarchy of the United States.

                  • GrandmasterFrank@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                    1 year ago

                    Yeah that’s true, I haven’t done any anarchist reading, but I’ve had numerous alleged anarchists explain things differently, so I just said which aspects I agree with.

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                  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_policing#:~:text=Ignoring the truth or falsity,angry while still being rational.

                  It is ad hominem. It is the definition itself, avoiding the argument to focus on an unrelated aspect of the other person or delivery.

                  Also HAHAHAHA. The burden of prof does not lie on me to provide your majesty with a definition that you will deny no matter what I say.

                  Coming from Reddit is a hard transition mate, but this isn’t Reddit. We don’t do this here, have fun arguing with a brick wall. No one needs snarky one liners and debatebro logic.

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                    Hey, there’s no need of being overly aggressive towards someone who is willing to engage. Yes, they are an internet anarchist with no theory attached, but they are way more respectful than other lost stragglers. You dont have mock or belittle them.

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                    1 year ago

                    Burden of proof? I never claimed anything except “different people have different interpretations,” do you need a source for that? You are extremely desperate for conflict, and I’m not interested.