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[–] eunieisthebus@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Honestly, can't we defederate from that shithole. I don't see why we need to get a post every other day just to ruin everyone's day

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Well at least people got educated on left side extremism. I think it puts things in the broader perspective and maybe even someone decided to research these topics some more.

It makes you wonder about communism as a whole. Does it always lead to totalitarianism? Etc

It’s healthy to see all the nut jobs from time to time and reflect on your own steps.
If your views align with the nut jobs for example that makes you wonder hmm something is wrong.

[–] Charzard4261@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People whose views align with nutjobs think that everyone else is being dramatic.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"I've never even seen a tankie on here before!" - an infinite number of tankie fellow travellers

Although, to be fair, they've become much more rare in .world communities over the past few months. It's nice, having only a few morons to wander in and make apologia for war crimes and totalitarianism.

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