I’ll forever remember my coworker who challenged himself to work through all of his episodes at work and whenever he talked about it his only response was:

wow, he says the n-word ALOT.

[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

Even taking off my commie and anti-racist hats… I cannot understand the uncontrollable urge some white dudes have to say the n-word (all the while telling you they definitely aren’t racist). Even at my worst, when I was a sort of a libertarian asshat who considered myself not racist but didn’t believe in institutional racism… never in a million years did I want to say that word. Like, even in a situation where there would have been zero consequences. I honestly don’t get it.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, you had a libertarian phase too? Mine lasted maybe a month or two before ascending to the more ideologically consistent view of anarchism and then to being a full blown communist a few years later.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Libertarian is the first obvious step as an American going “Wait something’s fucked up here”

Especially if you’re from the south

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, same. Right libertarians say things about children's rights/freedoms that sound right if you've never been into politics before and that issue's really appealing if you're a young kid frustrated at how society treats you with no more autonomy than your pet cat, sometimes less. But if that hadn't happened I wouldn't have drifted over to left-anarchism when I figured out right libertarians are self contradictory and bigoted conservatives, and if I hadn't been interested in arguing with "them damn tankies" I wouldn't have wound up an ML, so I guess I'm glad it happened.

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