Bakzik [he/him, comrade/them]

“Throughout Eastern Europe and the former USSR, many people grudgingly admitted that conditions were better under communism (New York Times, 3/30/95). Pro-capitalist Angela Stent, of George- town University, allows that “most people are worse off than they were under Communism . . . . The quality of life has deteriorated with the spread of crime and the disappearance of the social safety net” (New York Times, 12/20/93). An East German steelworker is quoted as saying “I do not know if there is a future for me, and I’m not too hopeful. The fact is, I lived better under Communism” (New York Times, 3/3/91). An elderly Polish woman, reduced to one Red Cross meal a day: “I´m not Red but I have to say life for poor people was better before … Now things are good for businessmen but not for us poor” (New York Times, 3/17/91). One East German woman commented that the West German womens movement was only beginning to fight for “what we already had here… We took it for granted because of the socialist system. Now we realize what we [lost]” (Los Angeles Times, 8/6/91).” Michael Parenti - “Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism”.

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Keep up the good work, Foucaults!

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Susaga, when you come back from defending racism being productive, take a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril

Wanna hear your opinion on that.

Reposting this one again:

"Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.

Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.

And there are historical precedents of this kind of racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril"

Hello Susaga! I’m going to repost a comment I made a few hours ago, in this instance:

"Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.

Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.

And there are historical precedents of this kind of racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril"

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That’s so sweet

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[sarcasm tone indicator, cuz some of y’all need it]

You know what it’s not cute? Discrimination. In this case, your ableism.

We call out the ableism and racism of some users of this instance. That’s the real reason of your “obnoxious” feeling, regarding the Hexbear users. Our zero tolerance to hate.

Scrath a liberal, and a fascist/racist bleeds.

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Still no opinion on your fellow ableist and racist users?

I challenge you to find one of those in our instance.

There are lot’s of ways to criticize a political figure or a government. But you choose the racist caricature.

Back to point 2: it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability.

But, at the end of the day, westerners imperialists love their orientalism and their covert racism.

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