Only a few people are actually pushing back, though. I wouldn’t call that controversy, for such a context that is usually far worse.

It isn’t that controversial actually, seems pretty unified with only a couple people getting upset.

Nobody denies that hundreds died all over Beijing that day, what’s called into question is using the “Tank Man” image out of context and telling everyone that he was run over. It’s a mythologizing of another country’s tragedy for the purpose of twisting events in the favor of Western interests.

Think about it another way: why is it that the US, BBC, etc readily and repeatedly report on a mythologized version of the events when they know that the truth is closer to what you say?

Not who you were replying to, but I think this is a good point to jump in. A world Socialist government is necessary as production advances, it’s a process and not a decision someone can make.

Either way, Israel only exists through Settler-Colonialism and genocide of Palestinians. Hamas is a reaction to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, condemning both the oppressor and the oppressed due to both “using violence” just serves to preserve the status quo. I think you’d benefit greatly from reading Frantz Fanon. The “two-state” solution isn’t a solution, it just entrenches the genocide of Palestinians. A single, secular state (the solution commonly supported by Palestinian experts) is the only way to stop the genocide.

“Tankie” is a caricature. The idea of a tankie is the ideal vision of a McCarthyian Communist. In reality, the overwhelming majority of people labeled as such don’t actually fit that label, it’s more of a way to cast an image of someone’s positions based on, say, support for AES countries, and twist that into the evil Commie Pinko that haunts the dreams of 1960s children in the US.

In other words, it doesn’t matter if the caricature “tankie” is evil, such a caricature has no real relevance in reality. Unless you mean Gonzaloists, supporters of Gonzalo and defenders of Pol Pot are “tankies,” in which case I’d say the case for them being evil is thinking individual acts of terrorism towards peasants is a sufficient replacement for revolution.

Exactly.

What “game?” The only “game” I can see is you jumping through hoops to justify not having to explain your conspiracy theories and to avoid reading books that would help you understand the world around you. The “game” seems to be seeing how long you can intentionally keep your head in the sand.

The members of what are republicans? What on Earth are you talking about? Who is fawning over fascism and fascist leaders? What is this incoherent rant talking about?

What counts as “authoritarian?” I’d argue Liberals are quicker to support systems I would consider authoritarian than Leftists are. What views are they intolerant of? I think taking a firmer stance against fascism than Liberals do historically is a good thing, so I want to know an example you think is bad to be intolerant of that makes that an issue towards Leftists for you.

If you don’t trust me, then you can probably trust Dr. Michael Parenti, who wrote Blackshirts and Reds. The first couple chapters are all you really need to understand the major and critical differences between Communism and fascism, and why ever conflating the two makes no sense whatsoever in theory or in history.

We can’t fix systemic issues by relying on individuals to make “moral” decisions in a system we are all exploited under.

Worth noting that neither axis is labeled, and that the graph itself doesn’t make an effort to understand anything “tankies” support or denounce. It’s just vibes-based analysis.

Horseshoe theory is just a holdout from the liberal notion of “3 pillars,” Fascism, Communism, and Liberalism, as a way to justify Liberalism within the West. It doesn’t actually make any sense and just leads to obfuscation of critical differences.

PJ is kind of interesting, in that being anti-communist is a massive part of their reason to be on the fediverse, as a mod for 2 anti-communist communities and a prolific anti-communist poster. They denounce the Black Panther Party for being “violent” and supporting AES, but will uphold the Nazi-aligned Hungarian revolt, where Jewish people and Communists had their doors marked and were being lynched, as an example of “real revolution against the Soviets.”

I once left a reasonable and non-hostile response to a post on tankiejerk and they removed it and permabanned me for being “tankie,” lol.

Hexbear is Communist/Anarchist, not fascist. They are quite “woke” if “woke” means supporting LGBTQ rights and ethnic minority rights. If you think Communism/Anarchism are fascist, then you might want to read Blackshirts and Reds.

It happened to me when I called out the moderators for censoring comments pointing out the role of the DNC in the genocide of Palestinians, so I’d say it isn’t wrong.

It’s a Communist/Anarchist instance, Lemmy.world defederated from it before they had a chance to federate.

The point is that Lemmy.world defederated from Hexbear, so the complaints about Hexbear coming from Lemmy.world users frequently are based on second-hand information.

Depends, if you’re a Communist or an Anarchist and aren’t being sectarian (except against, like, Gonzaloists that support Gonzalo and defend Pol Pot), it’s very friendly. By not allowing liberalism, it ends up stopping endless arguments between leftists and liberals before they can even start.

Hexbear exists, the domain is changing names and federation is broken for now but posting is still happening on chapo.chat.