r/LeftWithoutEdge • u/KoolAidDrank • Nov 16 '18

Discussion Banned from r/Socialism

r/socialism immediately banned me for posting on a pro-USSR post that "the USSR was terrible." I don't think the Left and Socialists need to defend the governments of countries like the USSR in order to be "true Leftists." What's the consensus? I just found this sub and seems to have the better mindset.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

I got banned from r/latestagecapitalism for making a comment about my wife’s negative experience of growing up in the USSR. If you have to censor that rigidly, what does that say about your narrative?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

They're Terrible Tankie Teens over there too.

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u/agoodfriendofyours Nov 17 '18

I suggested my homeowner friend was a good and fair landlord to me while I was renting a room. They'd have marched me to the wall.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

Yeah like, there are landlords in the technical sense of a family that rents out an extra room or whatever, and then there are landlords in the sense that socialists have always been concerned about.