I mean, no one implied you should have followed it, I tend not to but was mid discussion with Cyborg over the matter when the ban occurred which made things difficult. I do arguably spend too much time on this site during downtime but even I don't notice most bans, just hard not to when its mid conversation. I still do find it funny that that part of the argument—against arguably hexbear's staunches Zohran defender—was that they aren't doing more than Zohran. Cyborg, from my few interactions, believes what Zohran is doing is great and necessary under current conditions. There are criticisms but general alignment. That was something more of a "damn, that's crazyy," towards cyborg since I think with that context it is quite funny.

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah my bad. I think we actually agree on a lot and I'm just not coming across well. This place makes me feel dumb and sometimes I don't feel welcome here.

[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Fair, the core of my confusion is I am unable to draw the line used as argument against theory.

I am genuinely confused what about it you're trying to say is wrong about the theory. I used the Mao example earlier because it's an example of someone doing the type of explanation I thought would generally help others here understand your position better.

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

I need to be more clear. I'm not anti-theory and I am not pushing a specific criticism of any theory. What I am trying to say is that I get frustrated at people dunking on electoralism, implying the alternative is this kind of book club leftist that we have seen for decades.

I'm cautiously optimistic. Yeah I get politicians tend to co-opt talking points and then turn out to be different. But that's not everyone and I know there are good people out there who aren't going to AOC us. Maybe Zohran is a good one? Maybe he is another AOC?

Instead of endlessing banging that drum of caution can we find some constructive ways to handle that potential situation?