• Cowbee [he/they]
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    I haven’t seen anyone say Trump winning is a good thing, nor have I seen anyone say the DPRK is a paradise (closest to that is people saying the DPRK has living standards around the level of Cuba these days). Where are you finding these people at significant enough numbers to cause you anguish? Legitimate question here, you’re calling for Left Unity but it seems like you’re misframing others at best, which goes against that ideal.

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      I will admit that I’m exaggerating out of frustration, but the idea that North Korea is “Actually a real nice place to live, preferable to America in some respects” is one I hear a lot (I do hear about China being a paradise)

      And for the record I was kicked out of my local Socialist Chapter for refusing to endorse a Green Party Candidate who was openly transphobic and talking about nixing expanding healthcare access in favor of just “curing autism with crystals”, the head of which responded to by calling me a rape apologist, which doesn’t make any sense. (Also a white cisguy calling a transgirl a “Rape Apologist” for not going along with transphobia and ableism is sus)

      I was hardly the only nay-sayer, he got a lot of backlash for supporting this person, but the fact that I wouldn’t play ball with one of my oppressors seemed to really piss in this guy’s cornflakes.

      Wasn’t the only odd thing about the guy, he actually condemened Bernie during the 2020 primaries, citing a “Refusal to advocate for violence against the police” as “Proof that he just doesn’t care!”, when that was never a realistic thing to expect a candidate to do.

      So I have dealt with a lot of crazy unreasonable types “on the front lines” so to speak.

      Also I sadly have dealt with a lot of “Even though it means letting Trump win, we can’t lift a finger to help Biden/Hillary/Kamela because they’re literally not as bad as Trump on this one issue.”

      My point still remains, can we please just focus on actually being productive before we turn on each other?

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        I can’t speak for the chapter you were a part of, but I think the idea that the DPRK isn’t a hellhole, actually, and is more like Cuba as an impoverished yet slowly improving society is a valid point to take against common allegations as such. The PRC is certainly no paradise either, but it has rapidly improved, and I think acknowledging that as well is also valid. I questioned what you alleged because I haven’t seen anyone say the DPRK is paradise, period, nor the idea of Trump being better than Harris.

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          It happens all over Lemmy, at least it does for me. Anecdotes aren’t typically considered reliable.

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        But doesn’t that hyperbole get in the way of a desire for Left Unity? If someone says “Harris and Trump serve similar interests” and someone interprets that as “Trump is better than Harris, actually,” that fundamentally changes the point the person was making. Hyperbole is only useful as long as the quantitative change in a claim doesn’t change the fundamental equation, if it does, it becomes strawmanning.

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            Gotcha, so me saying you hate all Leftists is rhetorically fine and just “hyperbole?”

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              I think that would be a great use of hyperbole, actually. The venn diagram is hilariously accurate, and I think you’re being obnoxious.

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                Then I disagree with your understanding of rhetoric, that doesn’t make any sense.

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                  How can you come to that conclusion without knowing my honest opinion of leftists?

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                    How can the original commenter come to their conclusion without knowing the opinions of Leftists?

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                    In what manner? Questioning the existence of DPRK worshippers and those preferring Trump to Harris among Marxists?