While I hope that I’m wrong, there is at least a very real possibility that in the immediate future, the US empire will launch an unprovoked and immoral attack on a socialist state (Venezuela) in order to secure that country’s resources. It is understandable that, should that happen, many of you will be feeling extreme anger at these acts and post about it here.

In light of that, the admins and mods of Hexbear figured we’d remind everyone:

No fedposting

That includes, but is not limited to, talking about threats of violence against people or groups of people; including if you add “in minecraft” or “[redacted]”.

We really don’t need to come under fed scrutiny (or worse). Ultimately, fed posting doesn’t even serve much purpose other than “blowing off steam” – and that comes at the cost of potentially putting the site and its users in legal jeopardy. There are more productive ways to vent that anger.

Also, if you end up having a comment removed for fed posting, I’d urge you to not take it personally.

And saying this as a user, not an admin: a little revolutionary optimism never hurt anyone. We must have clear eyes about reality, but as socialists we also should have faith in the power of people to resist oppression.

(Edited for grammar)

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    At this point I think the only thing going for it is the argument that he might not be the person who did it. In which case any lionization is essentially also the belief that he did it.

    With that said, I think there is a struggle that needs to happen around this topic. On one side you have people arguing that such action doesn’t amount to anything, but on the other side I argue that it did, it marked a complete turning point in people’s view of violence. Before luigi you would NEVER get a liberal to admit political violence is necessary or good. After Luigi? Well that shit has changed. And not just in america, it rippled through views and the way people speak in europe too.

    You want a revolution? You need the population, ALL the population, to believe in violence. These actions are a pre-requisite to revolutionary action as a whole.

    The “DM harassment” was not really an excuse though. I did DM someone to argue my corner. I made mistakes in that whole thing too. Just turned out to be some other slimy shit going on that absolved me in the end when it was discovered people involved were US troops.