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I'm extremely far left, for which I make no apologies. You need to be aware that this is a newspaper originally founded in the 1930s by the Fascist Party, and

I'm extremely far left, for which I make no apologies. You need to be aware that this is a newspaper originally founded in the 1930s by the Fascist Party, and fully supportive of Hitler and Mussolini. Edit: no it wasn't, this was the one founded in the mid-19th century, who were highly supportive of slaughtering natives in India, and then went on to be highly supportive of Hitler and Mussolini by the early 20th century. This is literally a newspaper for people who are happy to walk around outside with a Union Jack on their shirt and a swastika armband. Edit: This bit is still true.

the_third_wave 4y ago
> This is literally a newspaper for people who are happy to walk around outside with a Union Jack on their shirt and a swastika armband. > I'm extremely far left, for which I make no apologies. Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Nicolae Ceaușescu, etcetera. All extremely far left, all guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. Do you support their policies, do you excuse their deeds because they were pursuing the ultimate goal of international socialism? Get a grip please, this is not Reddit. People walking around with a Union Jack on their shirt is fine by me, it is their national flag after all. People walking around with swastikas, hammers and sickles and other symbols of murderous ideologies is less so. How do you define your 'extremely far left' ideology? What makes it 'extremely far left'?
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  The union jack is ideologically identical to a swastika, at this point. Look at some of the far-right leaders - Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeni, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mussolini, name omitted to avoid triggering Godwin, Boris Johnson, Tony Blair - all extremely far right, all guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. Do you stand with them?
  - the_third_wave 4y ago
    You did not answer my question on how you defined your 'far-left' ideology nor did you answer the 'yes/no' question I posed earlier. Have a go at it? As to me standing with the ragtag assembly of disparate leaders who you label as 'extremely far right' [1] I wonder why you ask since I do not label myself as 'far-right' nor as 'right'. Those labels are just silly since political thought is not 2-dimensional. I sometimes agree with the "right", sometimes with the "left" (as in "traditional left", not the modern identity-politics lunacy), in some ways I tend more towards anarchy, in other ways I deem there to be a need for more authority. [1] ...which is odd given that Hussein was the leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Khomeini was pushed to power by leftists [2] some of whom continued to support him after it became clear he was intent on implementing a theocracy, Blair is a champagne socialist, Johnson a centrist populist, Pol Pot, Stalin and Hitler are various types of (inter)national socialists, Bush (which one? H.W or W?) a centre-right corporate puppet and Thatcher - finally someone who can be called 'right-wing' - just a straight right-winger. [2] https://marxismexplained.com/2020/11/27/iran-revolution-1979/ https://marxismexplained.com/2020/11/27/iran-revolution-1979...

the_third_wave 4y ago

> This is literally a newspaper for people who are happy to walk around outside with a Union Jack on their shirt and a swastika armband. > I'm extremely far left, for which I make no apologies. Pol Pot, Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Nicolae Ceaușescu, etcetera. All extremely far left, all guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. Do you support their policies, do you excuse their deeds because they were pursuing the ultimate goal of international socialism? Get a grip please, this is not Reddit. People walking around with a Union Jack on their shirt is fine by me, it is their national flag after all. People walking around with swastikas, hammers and sickles and other symbols of murderous ideologies is less so. How do you define your 'extremely far left' ideology? What makes it 'extremely far left'?

Gordonjcp 4y ago
The union jack is ideologically identical to a swastika, at this point. Look at some of the far-right leaders - Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah Khomeni, Pol Pot, Stalin, Mussolini, name omitted to avoid triggering Godwin, Boris Johnson, Tony Blair - all extremely far right, all guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. Do you stand with them?
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  You did not answer my question on how you defined your 'far-left' ideology nor did you answer the 'yes/no' question I posed earlier. Have a go at it? As to me standing with the ragtag assembly of disparate leaders who you label as 'extremely far right' [1] I wonder why you ask since I do not label myself as 'far-right' nor as 'right'. Those labels are just silly since political thought is not 2-dimensional. I sometimes agree with the "right", sometimes with the "left" (as in "traditional left", not the modern identity-politics lunacy), in some ways I tend more towards anarchy, in other ways I deem there to be a need for more authority. [1] ...which is odd given that Hussein was the leader of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Khomeini was pushed to power by leftists [2] some of whom continued to support him after it became clear he was intent on implementing a theocracy, Blair is a champagne socialist, Johnson a centrist populist, Pol Pot, Stalin and Hitler are various types of (inter)national socialists, Bush (which one? H.W or W?) a centre-right corporate puppet and Thatcher - finally someone who can be called 'right-wing' - just a straight right-winger. [2] https://marxismexplained.com/2020/11/27/iran-revolution-1979/ https://marxismexplained.com/2020/11/27/iran-revolution-1979...