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Roderic Day talking about {Hexbear} (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistinfighting@lemmygrad.ml

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2331989

I don’t really think he knows this site’s culture at all. No one is dissuading people from reading theory lol

Yey or ney for him?

As someone said in the post

As far as I can tell, he's a guy who spends all his time posting about how all leftists do is post.

~~And this ain't the first time, Roderick's a bit terminally online, arguing against other progressives like JT (Second Thought) and Michael Hudson....~~

Edit:

Ok I've made a right-deviationist mistake in saying that Michael Hudson is a progressive, and indirectly agreeing with the views of the former....

I've not investigated into JT's MMT videos nor looked carefully into Hudson (I thought he was also against capitalism, turns out, only finance and feudalism..., just cares for industrial capitalism)

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[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yay, he’s right. He’s a little too online, but principled. I may be why he knows about hexbear. Idk what he said about JT, but it was probably reasonable. I have my own criticisms of him, but he’s overall positive. Also, Hudson’s a total revisionist. I struggled against that stance and was defeated.

[–] ProbablyKaffe@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 10 months ago

It was about ST's MMT video, it was deserved.

[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 10 months ago

about JT

The MMT video....

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Idk what he said about JT, but it was probably reasonable.

If you don't know what he said, why would you just assume it was "probably reasonable"?

I don't know much about either of these guys, but that just seems like a weird position to take.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Day has a good track record, and I can think of a handful of things to criticize JT for? Knowing it’s the MMT video I’m even more convinced.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok, and so what?

Are we just doing hero worship now?

"This guy said something I liked once, so now I'm just going to assume that anything he says is good"

Come on

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 10 months ago

No, it’s not hero worship. It was a reasonable and correct deduction. I have criticisms of Roderic, but I have argued against and been convinced to support his position against MMT and Micheal Hudson.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The MMT Video of JT... R.D crit-sesh'd him....

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I have no idea what that's about, but that's not the point I'm trying to make.

The point is that it's weird to go "I have no idea what this guy said, but it was probably reasonable". That really shouldn't be controversial?

"No investigation, no right to speak" and all that jazz

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Idk what he said about JT, but it was probably reasonable.

If you don't know what he said, why would you just assume it was reasonable?