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[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Harvey Weinstein

Kevin Spacey

Oh, two of the sex pests defended by the World Socialist Web Site

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago

Ugh WSWS is so fucking bad.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Shit like this just makes me extremely suspicious of what secrets this org is hiding.

Small/medium political sects (of any tendancy) have a pretty bad record to start with, and then someone feels the need to repeatedly defend people like this? Even in the best case it's extremely poor political judgment and disconnection from people's reality, and a bad signal of who will be attracted or repelled as members/supporters.

They unfortunately aren't the only offender, but they might be the most stubborn and vocal about it.

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

I think at minimum the writers identify more with the abusers than the abused