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Are there any communities that have good-faith criticism memes of the US? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I love the memes that pour out of [hostile community 1] and [hostile community 2], but inevitably when I participate in the comments under their posts, I'm bombarded with accusations of "trolling," "imperialist apologia," "racism," etc. because I disagree with some aspects of the the hyper-auth-left.

I just want a community that makes me laugh "hehe, that's a good point about that problem with the US" that isn't overrun with people doing mental gymnastics to paint anything I say as the worst thing anyone's ever said in the history of the internet and recreationally banning me for it.

Does such a place exist on the Fediverse (yet)?

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago*

I totally get that as a philosophy, but the people (or for all I know, bots) that I've been running into lately aren't that.

As an example, they've done mental gymnastics to build the following logic:

  • Russia opposes the US (factual)

  • The US is imperialist (factual)

  • Therefore anything Russia ever does cannot be imperialism, but must be anti-imperialism (???)

  • Therefore anyone who criticizes anything Russia ever does must be anti-anti-imperialist, ergo imperialist (???)

It's people LARPing wanting freedom from tyranny who actually just want despotism with a different flavor on the boot.

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