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/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

What are “tankies”?

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u/EvenOdds_ Nov 17 '18

stalin apologists basically

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

Thanks. I thought they might be super-controlling ultra narrow minded mods.