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'verbally fellating" is kind of the tipoff

the misogyny is the second paragraph

'jokes on you, I have gay friends'

-the person posting homophobia

maybe you should read your comments first at your hypothetical wedding, see how it goes over.

hey look a post from a lib that's so mad about internet forums not following the narrative that they can't contain their homophobia and misogyny 📷

Operational depth is essentially the same as the claimed operational depth that oceangate sub that popped the other year. I have a lot more confidence that these things will actually work when China does it instead of some incompetent millionaire/billionaire.

meme is a little dated now I don't think any reasonable person would pick option 1

Maybe this comes because I prefer local political organizing, but I live in the US right now, my current government is the one I have the biggest issues with, and thus I voice them online because it's relevant to me. The current government in Russia sucks ass, what do you want me to say? if I was living there I'd probably be getting persecuted for being trans. It actually sucks because even apart from this war it makes it almost impossible for me to visit family.

I actually have some optimism for china it's true, but like many places there's issues, I'm not in favor of territorial land grabs in general, no matter the US provocation. They can also be very conservative but it's also hard for me to judge honestly from the other side of the planet and not speaking the language. I have seen enough trans people in china talking about their experience to say that it's possible to live a life there as a trans person- it just takes having a supportive family. Unless you want to end up homeless that's also generally the case in the US. I don't like seeing forced labor, but the american alternative next door was two decades of occupying afghanistan. I disapprove of prisons that turn prisoners into slave labor, but if the alternative is decades of widespread counter-insurgency and indiscriminate bombings I think I'm also capable of pointing to the lesser evil.

I support the positive changes for society that happen regardless of the government, however ultimately all of them are still going to be representing a hierarchy to be dismantled at the end of the day.

I have a long litany of criticism for all of the countries listed, but this is is not an appropriate place to get into that. Generally any nuance gets lost from the conversation as soon as some online demagogue declares that it's either total ideological conformity or you're a tankie.

Not to get condescending, I try to avoid being dogmatic myself, but it's a comfortable impulse. Actual human interaction requires curiosity, tolerance and not treating broad groups of people like a monolith. Like you can discard legitimate advice because you don't like the messengers, but in the end it's you who is worse off for it.

The definition of 'tankie' is pretty clearly arbitrary and vibes based. I'm an anarchist, I've organized with anarchists for years. Sorry if I don't pass some terminally online litmus test.

Lemmy.blahaj.zone specifically is for trans folks.

yes I know, I'm trans.

it looks like, on cursory glance, you identify as one

I'm an anarchist, I organize with anarchists, have done so for years. This level of dogmatism as 'anti-authoritarianism' I have only run into in a handful of online spaces.

I'm opposed to all inter-capitalist wars. Sounds like the real issue is that I have a nuanced take on Ukraine in my post history more so than any of the things I said in the thread.

The advice on offer in that thread reeks of terminally online in a way that is extremely unlikely to accomplish anything productive in real life other than isolating yourself into increasingly small cliques.

Maybe you should add "no dissent allowed" to the rules so it's more clear that it's a cj comm