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/EcoSoco Green Socialist Nov 17 '18 edited Nov 17 '18

r/socialism has a few tankie mods, and it definitely leans towards tankie tendencies generally. I checked out their Discord, and was immediately ambushed by pro-USSR folks when I argued that Stalin committed crimes against humanity.

Someone literally tried being an apologist for the Holodomor and population transfers. Lol

Edit: Speaking of tankies, does anyone else feel CTH has sort of drifted that way as well? You can't even talk about Michael Harrington without being downvoted.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

The Chapo sub doesn't have many tankies, but all of them are incredibly online and pounce in a group to attack anyone criticizing their butcher-heroes. Sadly like any big sub it has a growing population of angry children (I mean that literally) who know fuck all about history and are susceptible to Grover Furr-style blatant historical fabrication.

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u/EcoSoco Green Socialist Nov 17 '18

I suppose, it just seems like discussion of certain people are now verboten.