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I really used to want to have communist friends before I got on this website. I've seen a group active in the city I live near and I've wanted to make contact and go try to be part of something but honestly interacting with these sealioning trolls kind of put me off it.
People IRL probably aren't like that but the risk kind of doesn't seem worth it. They might be the kind of people you get high with and then they gang up on you in a compromised state
Dude it's the internet. The far right has been trolling every kind of left group for over a decade and since Trump 1.0 it's been state level actors.
Oh I know. I fucking expect it from them. I just kind of thought people championing social liberty would less shitty to be around.
Hell, I don't even need people to be nice. Just holy damn don't be toxic. Their culture is just being toxic and then blaming it on you.
Tankies rarely leave their houses, so that communist group is probably fine?
Not all communists are like that, or are MLs. Anyone IRL is much more likely to be chill, especially if they are doing real activism and stuff. And if not, just leave em.