No, we left Reddit because of what Spez did to it.
And why did he do that?
Hexbear is very against stochastic violence, which on the left is called “Propaganda of the Deed”
I thought propaganda of the deed was that anarchist thing where they'd do soup kitchens or do cool shit in hopes that the people they help out would become leftists eventually lol
That’s not true at all. Look at any post about landlords or Zelenskyy or “bourgeoisie”. Count the number of pictures or references to guillotines.
This is like a children's picture book-level of understanding of the differences between these. This same group of people are responsible for getting you things like healthcare, or the 8 hour work week, or fucking paid vacation. Maybe listen to them and read a little more before posting dumbass takes like this.
A sticker on a bus stop speaks their mind. The debate over affordable housing has been a consistent topic of discussion in metropolitan areas, with advocates and critics both voicing their opinions…
![Unveiling the Controversy: Nicholas Kastafados and His Stance on Affordable Housing](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/ac064708-bf73-40c0-ac2f-45654d92c067.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Where am I brigading other instances????
they highly value gender inclusivity.
It’s pretty much exactly what the right wing does.
I'm sorry WHAT
Please tell me this is a shitpost
LMAOOO WHAT?? I'm just using the term they use for themselves.
I ran into a group of Trotskyists once and it turned out they were absurdly boring and wanted me to grab coffee with them for weeks on end before they'd tell me anything, and they apparently read a metric fuckton of theory. So now I know the word Trotskyist. But I guess that makes me a tankie 🤷
Yes, I understand that Marx and Engels did not have realistic political ideals
Have you read any of Marx? I'm not an ML but if you even glance at Capital you can tell that Marx's whole schtick was using science to come up with realistic political ideals.
Can you define direct action for me? What do you think it is?
I’ve participated in dozens of protests. Protests with political organization can lead to change. Protests without political organization are just yelling at a wall.
Protests !== organizing. Organizing achieves political change. Protest does not. Leftists know how to organize, liberals do not.
What’s the difference between a fascist and an “anarchist” who does everything they can to kneecap the only viable left leaning political party in the US?
Sorry which party is this? Dems are not even a remotely left-leaning party. Joe Biden literally criminalized the rail workers using their legal right to strike.
This is also like a children's picture book-level of understanding of fascism. As if the Dems' policy of 4 more years of the status quo could prevent fascism at all. That has literally never worked as a way to combat fascism.
BUT neither really believe in good faith discussion, it’s mostly trolling and “dunking”.
I do not like tankies but I have absolutely never experienced this, all tankies typically want to do is discuss theory and history to the point that it's exhausting. Have you talked to any Trotskyists??
It’s way more present since Hexbear federated in, every first impression is that it’s an alt-right troll farm.
I literally never got this impression, it's like extraordinarily clear that Hexbear is a leftist instance. From the pronouns in names to the leftist jokes lol.
However, being bombarded with it 24/7 is a great way to make people numb to politics and stop caring.
I have literally never experienced this.
What does this mean lmfao, leftists discuss shit ad nauseum, have you even met a leftist
Where do they do this? Do you have links? So far what I've seen is they comment on posts that go viral on their instances, as they're allowed to do. I can't say I've had any problems with Hexbear users.
Also note for folks reading: this user is not from midwest.social, they are from lemmy.ml.
This is really rude tbh, I haven't had any interactions with Hexbear users that would warrant this comparison.
one doesn’t have to go far to find posts of them comment-bombing in groups, trolling en-masse and generally being rude and abusive to other users. there’s a reason many other users are calling for defederation.
The way I heard them explain it is they don't have downvotes, so they're used to replying instead. There's also a higher number of them as they're one of the largest Lemmy instances:
You asked about us. We came out in force to answer you. Why is that surprising or evidence of anything? We don’t have a downvote feature, so we’re used to responding when we disagree. And of course we’re going to defend ourselves.
In that post yesterday I didn't see anybody trolling or really being rude, in fact the top comments were very nice in explaining what was going on and why they thought the way they did.
Do you have some examples of this behavior?
I FUCKING LOVE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
It's also a really wonderful way to get pedestrian safety improvements installed. CDOT really does not love prioritizing pedestrians right now. But alders can order specific infrastructure from them using menu funding. Because pedestrian-friendly infrastructure is liked more by people, wards with participatory budgeting usually have higher amounts of pedestrian infra and safe streets. :D
Agh I gotcha, thank you!
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Hexbear users: Please avoid commenting on this thread! This sub is for midwest.social users / announcements. Y'all's participation in yesterday's thread, while understandable, made it really really hard for me to see what other users on my instance thought. Thanks!
The other thread got locked before I could jump in and voice my opinion as a midwest.social user lol.
Please don't defederate from Hexbear! I'm a US-based leftist who's sometimes uncomfortable with realllllyyyyy extreme leftists. But after looking through Hexbear's content with an extraordinarily fine-toothed comb I failed to find anything that other user was talking about. It seems like a pretty standard leftist instance and has some great communities I'm enjoying following here. /c/urbanism@hexbear.net, /c/antifascism@hexbear.net, and /c/politics@hexbear.net are just a few of the really great communities I've found over there.
Obviously some of the communities could be uncomfortable for liberals lmao, but they can always block offending users or communities and hide them if they really want to. Scrolling through Hexbear I fail to see any communities that are anywhere near the level of 'extremism' of Lemmygrad, but even Lemmygrad I don't have much of a problem with lol.
However I do think it'd be useful to have a private sub just for discussion with users here. I think what happened yesterday was somehow the thread here ended up trending on Hexbear, and Hexbear users responded as if it was just another post on their platform. It'd be useful if there was a way to restrict discussion on this sub to just users of midwest.social so that I can see what y'all think!
The Chicago Air and Water Show is set to take center stage along the shores and skies of Lake Michigan next weekend, and the stars of the show will make their return after a five-year absence.
![Chicago Air and Water show set to take over lakefront next week](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/94caefd9-c11c-407a-86f8-4558c55e33ac.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The number of Chicagoans living more than a mile away from a major grocer has jumped by 63% since 2013, a WBEZ and Sun-Times analysis found.
![Exodus of major grocers paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/1d8c8719-1f07-4399-a41c-d8c88766d111.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The driver did not stop for several blocks but was taken into custody, and charges are pending.
![Child struck by vehicle in Albany Park; driver in custody](https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/2496542f-e335-48d4-934d-6da2c84a9b05.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Hi confused about this. Also confused about my gender but that’s not related.