Equating anything the Bolsheviks (or communists more broadly) ever did to the Nazis or monarchs requires such an extraordinary degree of bad faith false dichotomy equivalence that you’re not worth my time even explaining why that’s borderline holocaust denialism. If you’re explicitly anticommunist you’re just another fascist to me
Within the context of this image/historically, I agree. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen/discussed the three arrows as an anti-communist symbol today though. In the contexts that it’s used today, I certainly wouldn’t consider it a hate symbol.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen/discussed the three arrows as an anti-communist symbol today though.
Honestly I agree with you there, but I can’t help but get (fairly) imo irked when I see someone, in need of an antifascist symbol, reaching for the explicitly anticommunist one as… and eyebrow raiser to say the least. Especially considering there are a lot of other ones that just… aren’t explicitly anticommunist? Why go for the 3 arrows when you can just go for a instead?
The context I’ve seen it in today, I still would not trust anyone who uses it as they are, at best, an extremely naive radlib who moves in fed-adjacent circles (if they move at all, this symbol is very popular among do-nothing chomskyite office worker radlibs to put on their car. Not so commonly seen on the street amongst the actual antifa movement).
Equating anything the Bolsheviks (or communists more broadly) ever did to the Nazis or monarchs requires such an extraordinary degree of bad faith false
dichotomyequivalence that you’re not worth my time even explaining why that’s borderline holocaust denialism. If you’re explicitly anticommunist you’re just another fascist to meThat’s a “false equivalence.” A “false dichotomy” is when you claim there are only two options when more exist.
Within the context of this image/historically, I agree. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen/discussed the three arrows as an anti-communist symbol today though. In the contexts that it’s used today, I certainly wouldn’t consider it a hate symbol.
Honestly I agree with you there, but I can’t help but get (fairly) imo irked when I see someone, in need of an antifascist symbol, reaching for the explicitly anticommunist one as… and eyebrow raiser to say the least. Especially considering there are a lot of other ones that just… aren’t explicitly anticommunist? Why go for the 3 arrows when you can just go for a
instead?
Yea I like the flags too. I’ve got a Zippo with those on it.
I’ve definitely seen libs use it according to its original meaning online, along with lots of other “both sides” memes.
The context I’ve seen it in today, I still would not trust anyone who uses it as they are, at best, an extremely naive radlib who moves in fed-adjacent circles (if they move at all, this symbol is very popular among do-nothing chomskyite office worker radlibs to put on their car. Not so commonly seen on the street amongst the actual antifa movement).