Hexbears can have a little genocide, as a treat?

  • whatup@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    The genocide part feels kinda sketch, mostly because of how much white supremacists control the internet and use ironic signifiers to express hate. If a random Instagram or X account said the phrase, I’d assume they were making light of the genocide of native Americans and/or wishing genocide on other marginalized groups in the west cause ´muh great replacement.´

    Death to America rolls off the tongue better. It’s a classic, no need for remakes.

        • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          3 months ago

          Despite being here since pretty much day one I think I’ve missed basically every single struggle session. Or more accurately I see hundreds of comments on some thread that’s obviously a struggle session and usually just keep walking.

        • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          3 months ago

          well im just one guy but i gotta say i do think it’s very distasteful and it makes me think less of every person i see saying it. genocide isn’t a joke and isn’t something to take lightly, and it is never a good thing.

          • StalinStan [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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            3 months ago

            Unfortunately that is no longer true. Every country the US doesn’t like is accused of doing a genocide so that the word really has lost all meaning. Meanwhile the US is doing a new genocide ever other year and we aren’t allowed to say it. Nah. The only way the word can have meaning is of we use it to describe blowing up fast food dispensatories

            • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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              3 months ago

              Unfortunately that is no longer true.

              Sorry, can you please clarify what is no longer true? It’s no longer true that genocide isn’t a joke? It’s no longer true that genocide isn’t something to take lightly? It’s no longer true that genocide is never a good thing? Please, set aside the irony poisoning for a second and try to justify any of these statements without sounding like a fascist.

              • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.net
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                3 months ago

                The point is that accusations of genocide are frequently bullshit, and when the topic is treated as sacrosanct it allows people to abuse it by attaching their bullshit lies and propaganda to the word. Most people on this website have been or would be accused of genocide denial for our stances on the “Uighur genocide,” and pearl clutching facilitates people not looking at the evidence critically. If you want to engage in every accusation seriously and in good faith, no matter how unreasonable it is, then you do you, but responding with over-the-top sarcastic/ironic acceptance of accusations is a common tactic around here. It’s why we have a clock telling us what time it is in Moscow, for instance.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      My goal is to trigger the chuds, what do you mean you have to get normal people to take socialism seriously if you want to actually do it?

      • M68040 [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        Yeah that’s about an accurate read. Hell, I was never gonna accomplish anything and I have basically nothing but contempt for grillman normal people anyhow

  • Greenleaf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I disagree. I happen to find “death to America” very satisfying because I know how your typical white American would react to hearing it. Probably call the cops on you just for saying it.