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Hexbear admin just sent me this. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The DM was a DM asking us to change our no tankies policy and remove the fuck tankies banner as it was apparently upsetting hexbear users. Apparently tankies view the word tankie as a form of slur. The admin wants us to ally as a form of "left solidarity"

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[–] BirdyBoogleBop 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well. it seems I have a lot of reading to do.

Isn't the only thing wrong with the political compass is that the questionnaire lies? I don't think it has ever gotten me right as it seems to just shove you to one of the 4 corners where I would suspect most people would actually just circle around the center point. I don't see anything wrong with adding an extra axis to the political spectrum, even if the questionnaire is bollocks. No simplified model is going to show nuance because well. it's simplified.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well. it seems I have a lot of reading to do.

:D you have no idea how happy it makes me to read that. Thank you so much for listening to my humble posting, this really is truely the best lenses I've had to view the world through and I'm so glad I was able to pique your interest!

Isn't the only thing wrong with the political compass is that the questionnaire lies?

Not just the questionnare, but the entire framing it uses is flawed and is meant to be used to draw reactionary stances and positions from. The ideology is coming from within the compass!!!