Translation:

My personal opinion, for those who are interested, is that these two instances (Hexbear and Lemmygrad) are filled with what we call here nazbols, tankies, or even left-wing fascists.

They are primarily authoritarians who like to call themselves leftist, but use the same tools, have the same political vision, the same organization, and politically and historically tend to ally with “official” fascists as soon as a truly revolutionary leftist movement emerges.

I found it tolerable to “do nothing” as long as they stayed in their corners, but I had somewhat forgotten that an authoritarian remains an authoritarian and that the only place they deserve is down a well, not forgetting to strike the hands that try to escape with a big stick.

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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    24 days ago

    “Authoritarian” is a fascinating word because it really does just mean “other group that I think are bad”. That’s it. It has no other meaning. There’s no definition that distinguishes “authoritarian” organizations from “Non-authoritarian” organization except the speakers relationship to a group they disagree with (or have been thrown out of for being a wrecker).