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I can tell hypocrites from liberals quite easily:
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Anarchists just hate authoritarians.
Btw, this Venn Diagram is far right: “Leftists”
I call myself a leftist, it's not a bad word?
The authoritarians that coined the division did so to disenfranchise our efforts.
We are “comrades” against oppression. All oppressions.
That's all very well and good historical context, but I'd still rather call myself a leftist (or simply an anarchist) before I ever call myself a comrade; The contemporary connotations with the USSR and authoritarians make it something negative to me.
The only leftists I hear using "comrade" unironically are the Stalin apologists that are pro-Russia and pro-Putin today. Fuck them. Fuck them with a lightbulb. Fuck the ones that latch on an edgy ideology without knowing any history. Fuck the ones that know history even harder. Fuck them with a strip light that is already cracked. Fuck them all the way to the gulag where they can have their great purge group wank before they are shipped for the Ukraine meat grinder.
OP, call yourself whatever you find fit and don't bother with the online NKVD volunteer divisions.
Personally, I'm a dirty filthy leftist socialist. I'm filth for the right wingers, the centrists and the far left totalitarians alike.
Comrade is pretty commonly used in anarchist circles, at least in my neck of the woods. Some people don't use it, but it isn't really controversial/a topic deemed worthy of discussion around here. We've got bigger problems than what word we use for "like-minded person aiding us in the struggle"
Indeed. Hence the addition to OP to call themselves whatever makes them happy.
We use 〝仲間〟 here often. How do you translate that from your locale?
I'm not sure what you are asking.
Do you even use a word for “political ally that intersects with me”?
Not really, no. I guess the closest thing is me calling myself an ally because it is the vernacular used by the queer community, but honestly I don't really like the term. I feel it is weird to define that somebody is pro basic human rights and there is a danger of exclusion. I don't think I deserve a title for fulfilling the lowest denominator of not being a dick.
For us, Nakama ≡ Comrade. “Camaraderie” is more of an act than a noun. I also don't call homies “nakama,” for they are closer to me personally than and intersector.
Sadly, both @ 🇦🇺, 🇺🇲, & 🇯🇵, we still have Nazis that judge us for the color of our skin, and what we have on our crotches. I wouldn't “ally” with them, while they send us to deathcamps.
I think terminology like "they are our friends" sounds and feels much better than "comrades" with all the far left totalitarian baggage. In my mind "camaraderie" is neutral.
But I'm also the one propagating for affiliation for the causes, not dismissing people because of other ideological differences. For example, an anti-racist or environmental activity does not need everybody that wants to participate and support it to subscribe to my personal version of socialism. It makes me angry when some fringe group try to kidnap an event, regardless how much or little I agree with their ideological reality tunnel.
Yeah but friends are friends, and intersectors are intersectors. I can be vulnerable to friends, but politically aligned intersectors don't need leverages to exploit me.
At the least you comprehended why I didn't like this RightWing Diagram.
🤝. Tis exactly why we need solidarity in these coup & revisionists days.
Anarchist or “ally” is fine if you don't want that type of ancient association to the reclaimed neo meaning of “comrade.”
The issue that you need to see is that who&where you sourced this Diagram is clearly aligned with authoritarians, and wants to oppress our efforts in intersection and solidarity.
As anarchists, we need to see the attempts to divide us, and solidify against oppressions. And using an authoritarian diagram instead of the better illustrations that “Conservatives” and “Liberals” use laws to divide and conquer our collective efforts.
Guns are just one type of liberatory tool to free us from oppression. Bolt cutters are one of the firsts, and first-aid kits.
Liberals are the first to place conditions on these tools.