• takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Since they put hammer and sickle (the symbol of communism ) I would argue the acceptance of sexual orientations, religions, genders, races etc was also a problem there. It is liberalism that accepts it.

    The claim about everyone being treated equally is also not completely true. I mean, in theory, yes, in practice whenever communism (especialy the one exported from USSR) was implemented some people were “more equal” than others.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah, and those who use that symbol don’t understand the pain and suffering, because they never lived under such regime or they support them, because they are really after authoritarianism.

        I recommend book Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin by prof. Timothy Snyder to give clue how many victims both Communism and Nazism claimed.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah. I supposed that is the joke of it. The image is actually describing is someone a tad left of center.

      Actual leftism extremists have nothing but excuses for the human right violations.

      It’s an essential requirement for being an extremist. The moment one recognizes they’re doing it and voices the concern, they are violently ejected from the movement.

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        9 months ago

        You are describing a small minority of self-styled leftists who largely are terminally online.

        Those doing the real work, such as practicing mutual aid or organizing tenants unions, are not generally defending historic atrocities.

        The point of the post is that the window of mainstream discourse has shifted so far right that even basic human empathy has become controversial.