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I was thinking about making a post in ask lemmygrad about people's reactionary takes that they still held.
Then I realised that if I were to do so, even if I tried to prevent a flame war (ergo not relating to AI, or other contested topics on grad), the mere notion of reactionary takes will start a flame war all on their own.
I admit it was partly so I could vent about some traumatic things that are still bothering me, but writing this I know it's healthier to talk about them directly, but there is still a part of me preventing myself from talking about my issues with anyone, or even directly addressing things (in the sense of things that could cause conflict, as I am utterly terrified of it).
If anyone is still willing to share a reactionary take or two, do so here, but please keep rule 3 in mind at all times. I'll avoid commenting on those takes.
As Marxists if we knew ideas were reactionary we would not cling to them. Its like asking what unknown unknowns we have.
Everyone here is a Marxist-Leninist and choosing to support the ML means to do away with reactionary positions. I myself used to be conservative and then right-wing libertarian and so used to have reactionary takes, but I have choose to do away with them as well.
A sort of silly one that I think of is probably my interest in fashion (silly in that it's a pretty minor thing overall). Though I'm not sure it'd be called reactionary, so much as individualist. Anyway, the individualist brain worms part is that a part of me holds onto some of the stuff about good fashion = cool, important, good status. Stuff like that. Not to say I'd consciously treat somebody different on account of fashion, but unconsciously is harder to say.
I don't tend to embrace fashion much in RL because I don't really have the money to throw at fashion, so it's mainly been a thing I've expressed in video games, historically. This isn't to say the entirety of my interest in fashion is individualist bougie thought, but some part of it is. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with being interested in fashion and understanding the practice of it could go toward collectivist causes too, such as in uniforms in a war or design that seeks to promote a certain kind of culture. But I haven't really put my interest in it toward that, so it's kind of just this old paradigm hobby.
i am super guarded with personal information i share here, but it's also often a space that people are welcoming and supportive. ultimately, do whatever you feel comfortable with
and yeah, part of the problem with reactionary takes is that there's debate on what those are now, and people are unlikely to be self-critical enough to believe they have reactionary takes haha. it's kind of a dilemma
It's partly in light of recent events (why the the rule 3 pin was put up), and partly because I believe that we should always be striving to eliminate our own as well as collective reactionary rhetoric. Though on another hand, in the best-case scenario, we could use this as an opporunity for selfcrit and development of our ideas.
I agree, although it's hard for people to know what their reactionary positions are and in what degree they are allowed to disagree