"I don't support Russia but do exclusively parrot their talking points and refuse to accept that Ukraine could be a victim"

This is not team sports. This is real life.

Correct, and real life is not Black and White, it is shades of Grey. Ukraine has existed in the grey of history for as long as it was subjugated by Russia

Hamas was never a terrorist group. They are fighting an occupying force. By legal definition, they are a resistance group. A radical group, for sure, but the Israeli politicians created Hamas to prevent the secular Palestinian groups from achieving any peace agreements.

But I wouldn’t expect someone defending Nazis to understand that.

The left isn't supposed to be an echo chamber, we are supposed to "ruthlessly criticize all that exists" especially our selves. People who don't understand their own beliefs are capable of being tricked into anything. "When education isn't liberating, it is the dream of the oppressed to become the oppressor."

I'm just some dumb guy no one listens to so I appreciate the comment.

Back to pure black and white with you. It mentioned Nazi somewhere, so a stance against discussion itself. If that was about ideology I get it, no nuance to a person wanting oppression of others, but you are just using the concept to block the conversation on whether you are right or wrong to be able to pass judgement on an entire country.

You use it as an excuse to not think critically and ease your mind on a complicated issue.

It's like you are using the phrases incorrectly to be devoid of empathy not with. Well I read your links, engaged to see what your point is and find it still to be nothing other than a false purity test to disconnect yourself.
You do not engage with reality so I will not engage with you.

This right here (I'm stealing it lmao)

I personally would love to see the fall of capitalism in my lifetime and the rise of "The Star Trek Economics" which IMO is a fantastic example of a realistic equal capitalism-free future. Not so perfect as to fall into the "Utopia that's really a Dystopia in disguise" problem, but still a future worth striving for.

All current or past examples of Communism generally involve the sacrifice of personal rights and freedoms to some degree.

ETA: As far as engaging with them goes, I did for a while, multiple times in fact. Once you go beyond their surface level talking points the Authoritarian in them comes out and they will not criticize China/Russia in any shape or form no matter how deserving.

It's really only been the last few months that I've actually been proactive against them because now I see the damage they do to the Lemmy-verse with their propaganda and misinformation.

You not understanding history doesn't mean everyone is "openly declaring as a Nazi."

Elon is.

Zelensky is not.

And my symbol means I've graduated from AUK, meaning if you dirtbags try your asinine bullshit further up north, I'll be commanding the squad putting a bullet , you pretentious Putler loving fuck.

Nazi lives don't matter, which is why I won't feel bad defending Finland from invading Ruskis.

The reason Musk — the Nazi — is involved in US government currently is because Putler made people like you spread this sort of asinine bullshit and the Americans are so poorly educated it actually worked and Trump won.

Holy shit. You joke about this unironically is either fiendishly sarcastic or braindead.

MASTADON HAS ALREADY FAILED - because you banned the socialists. The first thing the fediverse has done is split the socialist / communist communities from the "mainstream". Have you thought about what that means?

What kind of legitimacy do you think you still have as a worthwhile social media platform?

How do you know Elon is a Nazi?

You’re comfortable calling him a Nazi for the salute, but not convinced the people erecting monuments of Nazis might also be one themselves?

For right now lemm.ee is my home! I was just looking at the other instances to see if their ideologies better fit mine.

To be clear, I self-identify as liberal, and i am trans. I noticed the c/traaaaa... community on Hexbear seems to be the biggest of the bunch, and that was my favorite sub on reddit, so I started looking in to Hexbear

self-identify as liberal, and i am trans

What you want in that case is lemmy.blahaj.zone not Hexbear/grad or .ml

He's using the term in its proper context instead of casual American.

Communism is a classless, stateless society where the means are collectively owned.

The USSR did not achieve communism, and they'd have been the first ones to tell you that. They would say they were socialist, however, engaged in the process of building socialism.

There’s plenty of valid criticisms leveled against “the US” that have nothing to do with me or most of the people who live here, but rather a criticism of those in power. The folks who take those criticisms personally are usually speaking with a guilty conscience.

I’m accusing my own government of being league with Nazis now, and it didn’t take that much convincing. Any hint at pro-fascism will get a fierce rebuke of any US politician who dares dip their toes into that, and calls for them to be banned from public service. Those defending them tend to be secretly supportive of their fascism.

So what’s the deal with you? How much more Nazism would have to come out of the ruling class in your country to earn your opposition? Or is this a secret supporter kind of deal?

You can acknowledge that the narrative presented by western media about these events is exaggerated without going full tilt into denial.

Something did happen in Tiananmen Square. People were killed. The government of China does censor discussion of the events.

These are facts, and when you try to deny them it only reveals that you are more concerned with protecting your worldview than with adhering to the truth.

It’s possible. But actively pushing the narrative that there is no point in voting on on Lemmy only helped Trump win.

If people pushed the „no point in voting“ narrative in right wing forums it would be be better.

As I said people encouraging left leaning (in the American sense) potential voters to not vote is what right wing saboteurs would do.

Or Midwest.social if you don't want porn in your /all

And you're from the Midwest. And not a landlord.

Haha. Lots of mental gymnastics in there. Or just being intentionally obtuse.

Yes, something happened there, and people died. But it wasn’t anything like the western narrative, including lies about who died.