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I didn’t realize the avatar was so cute
There are 3 others!
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Thank you! It’s from a Korean artist, yeyepainting on instagram! Shamelessly stolen though.
Hexbear needs this as a soft PPB emoji:
CBB
or CowBee’s Butt 🤓
Amazing, lmao! I’d feel less bad about the implications of using an example of the horrors of industrialized farming to shock libs, but at the same time I wouldn’t want to presume ownership over the original artist’s creations.
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Haha, I feel bad, but the art is TOO CUTE I can’t not use it (unless they personally ask me to stop or mention that it can’t be used, which I haven’t seen). The vibe of the one I use is too perfect for explaining how I feel every day, lmao
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Truly we are blessed 🐶
Reasons for behavior:
✅ I didn’t realize the avatar was so cute
I’ve blocked Cowbee because they kept trying to justify China rubber staping the genocide in Gaza by voting for the Trump UNSC proposal after 2 years of genocide. Some people will justify anything China does.
The PRC abstained, they did not vote for it, and I explained why they did so. You responded with a bunch of unrelated Bad Empanada tweets, started calling China “imperialist,” and took an extremely non-materialist viewpoint, insulting other users, and upholding Bad Empanada’s shit takes. I can and do critique China, but not all critique is good by virtue of existing, which is what I called you out on.
China didn’t vote for the proposal, though. They abstained. I agree voting against would have been good, but it’s strange to claim they voted for it.
This user is banned from Hexbear for claiming it’s run by “transzionists.” They uphold Bad Empanada so much because more often than not, it’s more important to be a contrarion for them than actually make a correct point.
This user is banned from Hexbear for claiming it’s run by “transzionists.” They uphold Bad Empanada
Thanks, that’s enough of a reason for me to not want to reply to them any further.
Yep, it’s frustrating because the only reason I gently reached out to them while they flipped 180 on China, calling it imperialist and Blue MAGA, was because I thought they were generally more reasonable. A radlib with good political instincts, but someone that could use real organizing work and study. Unfortunately, it seems they became Bad Empanada poisoned, causing them to see enemies out of every ally by finding imperfections and magnifying them.
Doubly frustrating that they blocked me, rather than respond in earnest. Even before they blocked me, they would just respond with unrelated Bad Empanada tweets.
Abstaining is nothing more than a cowardly way of voting in favor. They have veto rights and they know it will pass if they don’t veto it.
Silence is consent in the most literal terms here.
The abstain vote was very useful to filter out those who actually care about human rights from those who only speak about it to further their own cause. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeCHFGZM-E
This is the same logic used by liberals to claim voting for PSL is a vote for Trump, and again, you’re upholding Bad Empanada, a known contrarion and transphobe, instead of addressing the actual arguments at hand.
Now let’s do this exact same meme but with Hexbear and being right about all of the nazi bar instances
I have him tagged as “Tankie”, probably undeserved XD
Well he is to the left of Joe Biden, so he is a tankie
Considering “tankie” in practice is just a pejorative for those that “support existing socialist projects,” then I suppose it’s accurate, though I would suggest not marking down “tankies” and instead trying to listen more to what we have to say.
I was of the opinion tankie was just a term given to Russian or Chinese fans/apologists. People that think these governments can do no wrong which is just dumb and naive. And thinking they can do no right is just as naive. As oppressive as the Chinese government can be, they have been at least making some interesting choices in regards to science and technology recently. But people are getting labeled as tankie because of support for socialist ideas? Like government healthcare and social safety nets?
Nobody genuinely thinks the USSR or PRC can/could do no wrong, but the strawman image of someone who believes that is used as a club against those that uphold them, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, DPRK, etc. as validly socialist countries working towards a better future. Healthcare and safety nets are social programs, not socialism, but that’s a different conversation.
The point is that those that uphold existing socialism are labeled “tankies,” and I uphold existing socialism, warts and all, as genuinely progressive movements.
Wow that description as “extremely patient and gives very detailed explanations/arguments” is kinda on the nose isn’t it. Good on you for having the time and patience to help educate people.
In my opinion any country legitimately trying to better their people is a good thing. At least way better than trying to enrich the same 10 billionaires over and over again.
I’d consider myself more of a fan of social democracies. Ultimately the problem seems to be that no one is truly altruistic or even future thinking. As a species we are greedy, short sighted, with tiny short attention spans.
Thanks for the kind words! One thing I want to say, though, is that it’s less that humans are greedy, and more that we are shaped by the way we live, produce, and distribute. Capitalism expresses and reinforces greed, we aren’t intrinsically greedy. Social democracy, ie capitalism with large safety nets, is unfortunately both unsustainable and also relies on imperialism to subsidize the safety nets, which is why socialism itself is necessary.
People that think these governments can do no wrong which is just dumb and naive.
The thing is that nobody actually thinks that, liberals just tell you we think that so you don’t engage with out actual positions, because people who engage with our actual positions tend to come around to agreeing with them. It’s a classic anticommunist canard.
It’s a pretty old tag, I tend to keep them around less as a label and more as a “I’ve had meaningful interactions with this person” sticker
Y’all have definitely rubbed off on me quite a bit since then =)
Fair!
I have them tagged as “comrade” so it balances out
Assuming maybe wrongfully that they are a man, (i’m uncomfortable with the use of they/them to designate a singular person, english isn’t my first language), yeah, I’m seriously impressed by his patience and kindness.
I felt so ashamed to give small answers to him that one time he corrected me with a very understandable and precise paragraph, that I actually became motivated to read a bit of theory.
That’s what i call a good influencer.
The correct pronoun is the preferred pronoun.
Some apps don’t display modified usernames, so it would just show “cowbee” instead of “cowbee [he/they]”
Ah, I sit corrected, my apologies to /u/@TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml
Using “they” for a singular person has been used since at least the 14th century, so there’s no need to feel uncomfortable with it. I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Singular they, which touches on its history.
A similar example is “you.” “You” used to be only a plural, with “thou” being the singular, but over time it fell out of fashion and now “you” can be used as singular or plural, like how “they” can be singular or plural.
Singular “they” was criticised by some people hundreds of years after it started being used. But language cannot be prescribed; it is determined by how people use it.
Oh, thank you for the info, but when i said that I am uncomfortable with that pronoun, i said it in the sense “I’m not used to this pronoun and don’t know how to use it properly”.
If I understood well, it can be used like he-his, she-her, they-theirs? I gotta use gender neutral pronouns more often. Sounds better than “it-its”
Oh that makes sense, sorry I misunderstood!
Yep, they/them/theirs is used in the same place as he/him/his or she/her/hers. It/it/its should not be used for people unless someone explicitly says those are their preferred pronouns. “It” is typically used for objects and non-human animals, so it could be seen as rude to refer to a human as “it.” If unsure, use they/them.
Some people do use it/its as pronouns, fyi.
Edit: Just saw that you said that, my bad!
cowbee is one of the most patient posters I’ve seen
You too, wish I could have your attitude when the fash get mad at you
Sometimes so much that I want to ask him this.
Patience is important to sway people
The others that are too far gone aren’t worth trying to convince, but providing good sources is still useful for all the lurkers in the margins
Cowbee has answered so many of my questions and been very patient.
We all deserve to do him a favour and read his ml reading list
I think ML isn’t for me but @Cowbee has been super patient in answering my questions and I’d love to consider them a friend
We can be friends!
HELL YEAH <3
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i started to respect cowbee early on 🫡🫡
Reasons for Behavior:
✅ I didn’t read the things he keeps trying to make me read
Cowbee might say that great man theory isn’t real, but I think they’re a real great person
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Cowbee is the goat
I have no idea who this is or what this is about. I’m sorry for being out of the loop, cowbee.
Cowbee is a user who makes a lot of comments in discussion and debate threads about socialism and communism. IMO he’s extremely patient and gives very detailed explanations/arguments. Some people disagree with him (which is OK, of course), but some of those people are IMO rude and/or dishonest about it. This form is a joke about that.
For some reason I’m glad I don’t know who cowbee is. Sometimes outside looking in is the best position to find yourself in.
Cowbee is just a stupid commie
