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Their historic figures and modern anti-Western states they so vehemently defend all have abysmal, actively hostile records and attitudes regarding LGBTQ+ rights and representation, with prosecution and state-sanctioned execution.

Their modern "anti-imperialist" states, which they frequently defend and look up to as bastions of their takes, are all steeped in state-sanctioned homophobia and illegality of queer identities. 

• China: The government systematically censors LGBTQ+ representation in media (check the thumbnail spoiler above) and shuts down queer NGOs, framing them as "foreign influences." Same-sex couples are denied legal recognition, marriage, and adoption rights. The government actively censors people who openly discuss and advocate for the lack of rights and recognition for LGBTQ+ communities, not even allowing depictions of gay relationships in their media. 

• Russia: The State has explicitly outlawed the "international LGBT movement" by classifying it as an extremist organisation. Expressing queer identity publicly or portraying it positively in media is illegal and heavily penalised. There are gay people who are beaten in the street who dare hold hands with each other, afforded no protection or rights. They don't allow marriage or gender identity. 

• Iran and Hamas: Here the situation is lethal, where under these regimes, homosexuality is criminalised and punishable by imprisonment, torture and even state-sanctioned executions. 

Then you have Marxist-Leninist figures, the architects and leaders, who were just as hostile to queer identity and LGBTQ people, calling being gay a Western deviancy and sending them to camps or killing them. 

• You have Stalin, who reversed the decriminalisation of homosexuality after the revolution, recriminalising it and calling it a symptom of bourgeois decadence and fascist depravity, where if you were openly gay, you were at risk of being sent to gulags or killed. 

• Mao Zedong heavily persecuted homosexuality during the Cultural Revolution, wherein later the State punished gay individuals under vague criminal charges of hooliganism and treating homosexuality as a mental illness by Western Capitalism. 

• Fidel Castro, of course, said that "a homosexual cannot be a revolutionary." And his government subsequently rounded up gay men to send them to labour camps, and otherwise viewed queer identities as unfit for socialist society. 

• Friedrich Engels mocked homosexual rights, calling its subjects "extremely against nature" and dismissing gay rights as "turning smut into theory." Marx received and circulated the letter without objection.

And then you have something much more local: Lemmy Developer, Nutomic, with their own moment: "The transgender topic is clearly promoted by the bourgeoisie, going as far as putting lgbt flags on government buildings, or allowing biological men to compete in women's sports at the Olympics."

Given all this, why would any queer person align themselves with an ideology whose foundational leaders persecuted them, and whose modern bastions or allies actively seek to erase them? 

Note: This post is not defending Capitalism, or attacking Communism. 

Y'all remember that meme about leftists caring about human rights issues and tankies countering that with nothing other than "that's CIA propaganda"? Well, someone . All I commented was "ITT: Insults, putdowns and whataboutisms". Well, now I'm banned from a whole range of Hexbear comms permanently. Reason:

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Lol.

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‘Silence Is Not an Option’: The Quest to Bear Witness to China’s Uyghur Camps

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@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world

Connect usefully takes forever to federate so you can see what was written

apparently pointing out Russia started the war is Apologia

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293492/ukraine-war-casualties/?srsltid=AfmBOoqzjjecu1HVUws3eZiIqCEN_Bz9JhYOuXTvrwnYSL5CtvrT7WUv

Long accepted historical facts are misinformation. Wikipedia is imperialist propaganda. Stalin was a good guy. Don't you dare mention that he had defectors who tried to warn him about Hitler's invasion executed for their trouble. That's an inconvenient historical fact, so it's fake news.

A Comedy in Three Acts

1. "USA did nothing in WW2, look at Stalin's sexy tanks. No I don't want to cite my charts or talk about why logistics is important for winning wars"

2. "Stop making us think about our propaganda"

3. Gloating in DMs (there's nothing a Stalinist likes more than suppressing critics)

You couldn't ask for a better example of the cold war tankie mindset. C'est magnifique 🤌

Comment above is from Hexbear

Probably the comment from this comm Tommy is talking about:

Link to original comment from Eldritch: https://piefed.world/comment/6380635

Post examples in comments.

What a surprise.

Snowflake behaviour to be sure.

Just fascists with socialist aesthetics mad that fascists are coopting socialist aesthetics

Turns out protecting your favourite dictator takes priority over resisting capitalism.

Original post: https://lemmy.world/post/50296041