Lemmy since the reddit collapse

They have the same basic endgoal. Also stop using the r word.

It's a word describing a lack of mental capacity, get over it ya. You views are pure humbug
- Hey did you notice the "autism" in my name? Maybe I have more perspective to speak on what words are and aren't slurs against my group than you do fuckass.
  
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  8m autistic too, what's your fucking point?
  
  Language evolves. "Mental removedation" is not longer recognized as as medical term, its use in modern times is generally regarded as a slur by the disability community and is treated as such in pretty much all communities that actively try to include neurodiverse people are oppose ableism.
  
  So to answer the question of "ince wshen". The answer is "for at least a couple decades now". I was actually hit by my friend with a severely disabled brother for using it back in like 2006.
  
  I am active in the disability rights movement and pretty much all of us that are agree the word is a slur and there is no excuse to be using it. Its not a "word for mental capacity" anymore and hasn't been in a long time. Plus, insinuating that mental disability is a BAD thing is ableist on its face.
  
  Jesus fuck, people need to grow a spine. There are much more pressing matters to cry about. Half the fucking planet is on fire but no, let's cry about a word.
  
  I grew up on the obese side, was made fun of for it my entire childhood. Do I get offended when I am called fat? No I laugh it off, because it's true. At some point it's better to not be offended all day
  
  We can can care about more than one thing at a time lol. Do you also think black people should just "get over" the n word because global warming exists? Or gay people with the f slur? Do you think that women should stop complaining about sexual harassment in the workplace because global warming exists? Those are often "just words" after all. I care deeply about global warming and want to do things about it, probably more than you do, but that doesn't mean I have to be ok with words meant to insult and attack me and people like me.
  
  Idk if this rhetoric will work with you because you probably do think those things, at least about the slurs.
  
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  Think y'all got me figured out eh? I just think getting offended by words is pointless. Esp when shit isn't directed towards you...
  
  This wasn't about you till you made it about you, you were not the target of a slur. Now fuck off as we would prolly never get along and arguing about something stupid is pointless.
  
  Just stop being a weird hostile fuck when someone takes away your comfort slur
  
  Not a comfort, just how I talk. I grew up with retard meaning to be mentally slow or a stupid action. The offence y'all are taking is fucking retarded
  
  I have internalized my own abuse to the point where i sound like a reactionary redditor and so should you
  
  No, I realized they are only words and when you make fun of the thing they are making fun of you for, that thing stops being fun. It's called psychology
  
  multiple things can matter at once
  
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  I wasn't harassing anyone. I called the fucking meme retarded. If your offended by the word, use a word blocker. I'm not censoring myself because you want to be offended. I am offended that people take offence to words. Your offense is what gives the word power. Humbug used to be a slur, guess what it isn't anymore because ITS A FUCKING WORD.
  
  And I disagree with you. You think Internet peeps are going to change my speech? I don't make fun of people because I know how it feels. I was making fun of a meme for being wholly incorrect. The only person who should take offence to my comment is the dummy who made the meme
  
  And now you're pointing out that me letting someone know their work is incorrect as harassment? Seriously?
  
  Seems like everyone in this thread is making a mountain out of a damn mole hill
  
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  I'm not the one crying over a word that was not directed at anyone in particular. The meme is technically wrong and is stupid
  
  That's part of my autism I don't have filters.
  
  Thanks for being the bully in this transaction
  
  It's pretty clear the user autism dragon has a spine, that's why they're telling you to back off instead of accepting you using a term they find hurtful
  
  being spineless is when stand up for yourself
  
  That isn't standing up for one's self, that is being a Karen. If you want the internet censored use a word blocker yourself. Till then every last one of y'all can fuck off
  
  You call being a full Karen having a spine? Lmfao
  
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  *>> Jesus fuck, people need to grow a spine.
  
  Or maybe you just need to stop being a whiny little baby when somebody wants you to adjust your behavior to accommodate other people the tiniest fucking bit. *
  
  Pot calling the kettle black... grow up
  
  Or maybe you just need to stop being a whiny little baby when somebody wants you to adjust your behavior to accommodate other people the tiniest fucking bit.
  
  Maybe you should take your own advice. My comments are not directed at you in any way. But no you had to go full Karen on me instead
  
  I sure hope a 3 year old drew that and not you. I'd be embarrassed to post such an idiotic thing

Stay classy with the slurs friendo

When the fuck did a word to describe a state of someone's mental capacity or therefore lack of become a fucking slur? Pure humbug
- Why are you talking like Ebenezer Scrooge
  
  I'm bringing back slurs from the 1800's
  
  Let's not bring back any slurs, even if you're poorly attempting to recreate a joke from Clerks 2.
  
  That was a joke in Clerks 2? Shit son, I gotta rewatch all 3 meow

As an anarchist-communist, to me they're pretty darn close.

Abolish capitalism, smash the State.

That's like calling all meat eaters cannibals

Good luck teaching that difference to the typical 'murican

Let's get to work

There is overlap especially when you don't confuse communism as the broader framework with state communism or even worse soviet communism.

Have you read "On Authority" by Engels?
- I have, its a terrible "rebuttal" of anarchist criticism of marxism, conflating self-defence with authority.
  
  That is the thing though, until you abolish class contradictions states are the most effective way of protecting the revolution and suppressing the bourgeoisie. So authority does equal self defense in a real, meaningful way.
  
  No, since states can get couped. The most effective way of protecting the revolution is gathering the masses which can happen without the state, indeed, it has happened multiple time throughout history.
  
  The most effective way of protecting the revolution is gathering the masses which can happen without the state, indeed, it has happened multiple time throughout history.
  
  Could you point to examples?
  
  Anarchists in civil war in spain (until some of them decided to fuck off), I would say the makhnovshchina defended itself pretty well with the scarce resources they had, greek anarchists with their decades old squats, bolivian grassroots movements who helped Evo Morales get in power in Bolivia, etc.
  
  And the fact that Engels wrote it proves that there were people in the movement even in those early days who disagreed.
I have an idea of what a state is, but what's a "soviet"? That's not an English word.

What does "soviet" mean in Russian?
- I know you're being cute but "soviet" is indeed a word in English: http://dict.org/bin/Dict
  
  Soviet adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders" n 1: an elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
  
  And it means what I intended it to mean, the official state ideology of the USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union
  
  That sounds bland, I like the idea of council communism better.
  
  How do you say "council communism" in Russian?

The meme isn't stating that they are.

Well to be clear, the "joke" is that the blue hat doesn't know the difference.

nice l77tspeak bro. You must be a genius hacker who's so much better than those r-words right. Such a super special boy who knows how use a torrent. Most of those normie r-words don't even pirate bro.

nice l77tspeak bro. You must be a genius hacker who's so much better than those r-words right. Such a super special boy who knows how use a torrent. Most of those normie r-words don't even pirate bro.

Sure am, yyyaaarrrr

There is still overlap in the societal aspects, just not the governmental aspects. Mostly because anarchy has no government. That's the point. People can still choose to work together and basically create a communist society, without any enforcement from a government. Unlikely, but it's not impossible.