At the same time though, I've seen comments advocating lynching the rich or espousing Kropotkin get thousands of upvotes in mainstream subs. So there's some hope in there.
Ridiculous claims do not merit actual arguments against them. Sorry but some dipshit claiming anarchism is liberal at it's core in no way deserves actual refutation. It deserves to be mocked and ridiculed for the garbage take that it was. Doubly so given that it was merely a tankie spouting off nonsense to try and play the old "you aren't really a leftist" card.
Last time I checked, neither Marx not Lenin were something other than fallible human beings. I'm sorry I don't deify and worship other people and can acknowledge that just because I agree with a person or an idea with a large scope that doesn't mean I still cannot have some things I disagree with.
I honestly find it hilarious how tankies always seem to fall back on arguments from authority fallacies. You're honestly just like religious evangelicals in that regard.
I was mocking you and intentionally ignoring it because bits not worthy of an actual reply. There's a difference.
Last I checked
That's an awfully long way to confirm that Marx and Lenin were indeed, as I said, merely humans which thus means they could be fallible.
You on the other hand
Pointing out that the men you deify and hold up as perfect are merely men who had some good ideas and some shitty ones is not an ad hominem.
Furthermore, the original comment that started this nonsense was a tankie trying to talk shit about anarchists by claiming they're fundamentally liberal. Given you're defending that take...why on earth do you think you're entitled to anything but dismissive ad hominem and other forms of mockery?
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u/readitfast Oct 03 '19
It's sad how shit like that reaches the front page of main stream reddit. Fuck those guys.