Diva (she/her)

Didn’t take long to get banned for my radical opinion that all forms of Us-vs-Them tribalism are dehumanizing.

it’s always the pro-genocide people acting so injured on when the vile stuff they say gets a negative response

Transitioning helped a lot, I do still feel depressed occasionally, but it’s more passing and related to hormones.

Switching from a career where I was on call nearly all the time for immediate issues for one where I have more flexibility and don’t have to drive as much was a big help.

I still mask and feel really alienated being around people who don’t, but that sentiment was not new to me being vegan and trans and an anarchist. Those orientations don’t always lend themselves to being understood by others who aren’t.

I don’t spend much time online. Organizing with like-minded individuals in real life is way better for my mental health.

I do smoke a lot of weed, but it’s because I enjoy it rather than because I feel bad or am trying to self-medicate.

The rest is just assertions without evidence so I’ll have to pull Hitchens’ razor.

Neocon Iraq war supporting Christopher Hitchens? weems like a weird guy to quote if you’re opposed to the state murdering people but ok

Obviously not. Not sure what you’re trying to get at here though.

I’m an anarchist though I do get called a tankie quite a lot as a pejorative.

I’m opposed to all states. That said as someone who lives in the west I don’t really care to spend a lot of energy being mad about what my governments state enemies are doing.

‘democracy’ in capitalist states is a cruel facsimile of actual democracy. If you don’t have money for rent you might as well be unpersoned, corporations are people and money is free speech.

This year has sucked but I’ve been keeping my shit together at least.

in-person non-electoral organizing keeps me sane

Living or spending a lot of time near automotive pollution is a cause of asthma fuck cars

I’ve been vegan foss-using anti war anarchist since high school, once I figure out what’s right social pressure doesn’t particularly sway me. In addition to all of the above I’m trans and still mask too.

I can’t really point to anything in particular that “switched” other than legitimately not caring about fitting in.

They’re more charitable than I am, frankly.

I am Russian and the reason I don’t move back is because I’m trans and have a life here in the US that I’m not looking to uproot. I’m more inclined to do organizing where I live now and I certainly don’t have the resources to move back home and start from scratch there. On top of that it wouldn’t gain me anything, I would be trading one set of reactionary assholes in power for another.

If life is bleak I’m going to do mutual aid and try to find like minded people to survive with, not run away.

Why don’t you live in China or Russia if life is so bleak in the western countries?

“if you don’t like it, leave” was the sentiment, I pointed out how you sound. It sounds like something I would expect from an american chud- hence posting a shirt I thought you’d like.

The australian running that comm has such a predictable worldview

‘left right terminology doesn’t have a place’ - sounds like they prefer the third position.

They’re a zionist, but in the mealymouthed ‘two state solution’ vein, probably due to their shared experience as a colonial occupier.

for whatever reason they do show up in the modlog in the op

I had to do a double take reading that comment too, because while davel is an admin, the post did say “moderator”

I actually did the exact same thing, the bait posts are just too fun

lmao this sort of thing is probably why people accuse us of all posting on the same schedule, clearly we just clocked in at the Kremlin

immediately massacred opposition in Odessa,

This didn’t happen though.

dozens of people died and nobody was prosecuted, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

removed Russian language rights

This also didn’t happen.

this feels like you’re gaslighting, they made Ukrainian mandatory to use in public life, the only exceptions given were for EU languages and English. Russian, Belarusian and Yiddish did not get those exceptions.

this is what you sound like

cw: nazi bar

wait until you see that there there’s a ~200 comment thread on the snark comm discussing this thread in addition!

CW gross ideation about /u/davel:

these people are seriously unwell, absolute nazi bar.

I came across one of them saying I was a degenerate roach in another thread there: