Supporting genocide is right-wing, "reaching across the isle" to republicans is right wing. Failing to defend people from republican policy is right wing. Listening to corporate needs before the general public is right-wing. Failing to enact leftist policy is right-wing. Sacrificing millions of people to a disease because you're scared people will like welfare is right-wing. Hating communist countries and sanctioning them is right-wing. Filling your party with landlords is right-wing. Being buddies with war criminals like Bush JR just because he doesn't like Trump is right-wing. And defending literal Nazis? Yeah, I shouldn't have to tell you that's right-wing.

If you support the Democrats you are not a leftist, you are not progressive, you are Trump with a blue coat of paint.

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[–] anarcho_blinkenist@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I think the phrase is backwards

If you support the Democrats you are not a leftist, you are not progressive, you are Trump with a blue coat of paint.

rather:

If you're leftist/progressive, why are you supporting these policies, or supporting the politicians who support these policies? Where do you stand on immigrant rights? Did you dislike when trump did x y z? Obama created those border cages first, and was known as "deporter-in-chief" among immigrant rights groups and socialists for being so draconian. Then, with Kamala as "Border-czar," Biden deregulated the border camps, allowed them to be privatized, and issued an executive order to totally shut the border which when Trump tried to do it it was so extreme the courts blocked him on multiple separate levels.

Then you're getting positive engagement, actually having them tell you what they believe and having conversations about it, and challenging the politicians to pull the worker away from hollow faith in jackals.

Rather than just accusing people of things, calling them names, and acting in a gatekeeping way pushing them further from ever accepting leftist positions because you're actively telling them that they don't and aren't leftists and basically insulting them and condescending to them for being misled by the agents of empire who have total media and social media narrative supremacy. which might make you feel good but does nothing to convince anyone and does nothing to grow socialism.

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago

Good advice on how to radicalize? On Hexbear?

Just to expand on what you're saying, posing it as a question gets them to think about things that they already assume to be true. It's a strong tactic in all education.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

GOOD comment