Hello all! I am moving here from Hexbear. I was user ‘feelingyourselfdisintergrate’. I left after I discovered the mods support the sexual exploitation of Women. I was accused of being a SWERF and hating sex workers (despite the fact I do sex work myself). Anyway, I was told Lemmygrad might be a better fit, and it does seem to have a stronger idealogical core. Hopefully I fit in here!
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Like all liberals Liberal Feminists don’t have strong enough arguments to defend their absurd positions. Unable to defend their thoughts with reason they resort to harassment, insults, and other toxic behavior.
I’ve also been hit with the SWERF label for the exact same reasons. I was also ironically accused of being a TERF at the same time despite being trans myself. Apparently my position on sex work was unacceptable for this reason because so many trans women rely on sex work to survive/transition. I’m expected to support my own community’s exploitation, but somehow I’m the transphobic one?
Liberals are insufferable no matter how “Left” (they think) they are.
Welcome comrade! I think you will find a very friendly and welcoming community here.
I personally also prefer Lemmygrad to Hexbear. Not necessarily for ideological disagreement with the official line, more to do with how we approach disagreements and debates here.
I find an unfortunate tendency on Hexbear to accept the views of a small number of resident “experts” and not sufficiently question their biases or their sources of information. Here we tend to be a little more rigorous and critical.
Oh you mean xiaohongshu and generally the news megathread comm?
Yes. That account calls China neoliberal and has convinced a large percentage of the Hexbear user base to believe in their kooky anti-China economic theories and general FUD type posts about China. And another user called MarmiteLover who masquerades as a military expert who dismisses anti-imperialist sources and repeats so-called “OSINT” (the fact that many of these “OSINT” accounts are usually connected to Langley, the US military or the Zionist entity is of course never mentioned) that is tainted with imperialist propaganda narratives and pro-US bias.
On Hexbear, a few users like this regularly make long, “expert”-sounding posts with insidiously embedded half-truths that go largely unchallenged and are even regularly praised by the user base due to an appearance of expertise when someone uses technical jargon and writes overly long posts that are too much effort to go through and critically analyze point by point. As a result the accepted consensus on that site has been shifting to implicitly accepting the framing and general impression of world events that has been created by these “experts”.
They also react much more panicky and doomer-y because they have an unfortunate tendency to often accept at face value “breaking news” reports and stories put out by imperialist media, and thus they are quick to declare imperialist victories and defeat for anti-imperialist forces.
I have no interest in starting any kind of conflict or drama with Hexbear. If that is the kind of environment they are comfortable with fostering, that is their choice. I’m not going to nor would I advise other non-hexbear users to go there and start arguments and discussions. I am simply happy that we have a different culture here on Lemmygrad. Not only is it more generally skeptical and critical, it is also more focused on the positive rather than wallowing in negativity and doomsaying. This may not generate as much engagement, but it is both healthier and has a better track record.
On Hexbear, a few users like this regularly make long, “expert”-sounding posts with insidiously embedded half-truths that go largely unchallenged and are even regularly praised by the user base due to an appearance of expertise when someone uses technical jargon and writes overly long posts that are too much effort to go through and critically analyze point by point. As a result the accepted consensus on that site has been shifting to implicitly accepting the framing and general impression of world events that has been created by these “experts”.
I feel called out, lmao, though I know you likely aren’t including me in that. I never claim to be an expert anyways.
No, don’t worry comrade, your posts and comments are consistently excellent in quality, you put in an incredible amount of work debunking anti-communist talking points and you write in such a way that everyone can understand without coming off as pretentious or elitist in the slightest. This is exactly how communists should approach education and propaganda. 10/10, no notes. Keep it up!
Thanks, comrade! I really appreciate that, just thought it was a bit funny that depending on PoV, that could’ve applied to me too, haha. Thanks! 🫡
Welcome. I’m glad you’ve joined us.
