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Why are you characterizing the removal as leftist? The satire being removed is a leftist criticism of capitalism...

• cambalache 6y ago
  Because the satire is the left, and the tweet complaining is the "left". Recently (and not without design) the "left" has totally eclipsed the left
  • frashelaw 6y ago
    Those "left" are liberals obsessed with identity-politics, hardly the same as the actual left
    • gitrog 6y ago
      Not sure why you're being down-voted, you're spot on. Hope one of the down voters will come and explain.
  • root_axis 6y ago
    Upon re-reading the tweet that ostensibly triggered the takedown, I think I actually agree. Originally I read the author throwing out the insult "dirtbag left" as an indication that they were in opposition to the leftist message presented in the documentation, but with closer reading I see that this person certainly considers themselves to be on the left.
    • dat_ire_is_said 6y ago
      That the complainer uses "dirtbag left" disparagingly is quite telling, given that this style of left-wing activism started as a reaction to bring leftist politics back to its anti-capitalist roots, and away from the sort of hand-wringing politically-correct tropespotting nonsense the complainer likes to tweet about.
  • jessaustin 6y ago
    It would be better for humanity if we could distinguish between those who profit by destroying it and those who resist them. Defending IAP is not leftist.
• devmunchies 6y ago
  > The satire being removed is a leftist criticism of capitalism maybe. it could very well have been written by Red Skull or Thanos. Re-read in their voice and it works. Liberals, Anarchists, and Fascists actually share a lot of the same criticisms of society regarding anti-consumerism. They just have very different ways of addressing it.