Lovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agoCory Booker's fake filibuster stunt gets funnier the more info we gethexbear.netimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1233arrow-down1imageCory Booker's fake filibuster stunt gets funnier the more info we gethexbear.netLovely_sombrero [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCommunistCuddlefish [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 days agoTheir name would have led me to believe they weren’t a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe
minus-squareFuture_Honkey [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-25 days agoI’ve noted that a good % of new libs seem to think hiding behind left-adjacent names and/or non-cis pronouns will protect them from moderation. I recall this one lib in particular complaining/defending their ass-takes by repeatedly reminding the thread their name was taken from a leftist. They still got banned haha! Goofy, the lot of em
minus-squareWizardOfLoneliness [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoI got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn’t have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists
Their name would have led me to believe they weren’t a lib, but I saw their comments in realtime and it was absurdly cringe
I’ve noted that a good % of new libs seem to think hiding behind left-adjacent names and/or non-cis pronouns will protect them from moderation.
I recall this one lib in particular complaining/defending their ass-takes by repeatedly reminding the thread their name was taken from a leftist.
They still got banned haha! Goofy, the lot of em
I got the impression they were a rad lib on a hopefully leftward trajectory. I think they shouldn’t have been banned imo because like, how else will they ever be cured of their rad libbery other than by exposure to actual communists