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Drewfro66

@ Drewfro66 @lemmygrad.ml

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He/They. Marxist-Leninist, Butcher, DnD 3.5e enthusiast and member of PSL NEO and UFCW local 880. ASAB (All Scolds Are Bastards). Plague rat settler. I administrate a DnD 3.5e West Marches server for Socialists called the Axe and Sickle. https://discord.gg/R5dPsZU

  • Good point

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  • It's what they're called in the DnD 3.5e Monster Manual as well

  • Groyper looksmaxxers for Gruesome

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  • I think they do it because the real Groypers just want to say things that piss people off and get a reaction. Now that they've surrounded themselves with a community of dumbo "true believers" the lowest-hanging fruit (without being "woke") is to support the people the MAGA folks hate but for fabricated, bigoted reasons.

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  • I had the same idea but with Basket instead of Bell. I assume it's a classic "five-item group is wrong" herring

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    [CW: Racism] I was a much happier person before I'd heard of Frieren

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  • I think a lot of discussion around Frieren is coming from people who view everything as a commentary on politics and society, when Frieren and it's creators are really just interested in making a derivative commentary on Fantasy tropes.

    The show doesn't call them "animal-like", but "beast-like" - it draws a spectrum from "dumb" monsters to those who practice mimicry to the Demons who have internalized human speech. Many of the other monsters in the show are clearly more intelligent than ordinary animals as well. And I've seen many people who comment on the show fail to mention that ordinary animals, too, can have complex social structures and dynamics.

    And all that being said, the manga isn't done being written yet, and I think it's clear (and feel free to I-told-you-so me in five years or w/e if this isn't the case) that they're building up to the reveal that Frieren is wrong, the Demons can be reformed.

  • Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were 'in charge,' memo says

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  • The billionaires are the base, but the politicians are part of the superstructure

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    Somebody check in on this guy

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  • All three doors are winning

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    Incredible things are being asked of Grok (cw: violence, murder, SA)

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  • I'd like to think the prompt was just "Donald Trump on Little St. James killing a pedophile" and the AI organically decided to make it Elon

  • Is PETA actually as bad as everyone says?

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  • They're not evil but they're also not good. They're Anarchist-Liberal Idealists who are more radical than you would expect given their name recognition.

    They are people who believe the economic and social exploitation of animals must be ended, immediately, and totally. And they aren't shy about saying so. I have some respect for them for that.

    The problem is that they are a single-issue group. They are not Marxists. They do not have a Marxist understanding of class relations and they do not make exceptions for indigenous peoples the same way we do not make exceptions for the practice of slavery or human sacrifice or cannibalism among indigenous peoples.

    Are they hypocrites, or bought out by corporate interests, are they controlled opposition? No, they're people who really believe their stuff and are doing their best. Are they our allies? On some issues, sure - on most, I don't think so. I'm not a vegan and I'm perfectly fine with the exploitation of animals under Socialism. I like eating meat (and honey, and eggs, and I would say milk but I'm getting old and starting to get lactose intolerant) and having pets and wearing wool. We can make limited alliances with vegan or other environmental groups to advance certain causes, but we cannot align ourselves fully with them.

  • What is the best use of the time of American communist right now? We have been trying to educate people for over a century, but anti-communism is still strong. Do we need another century?

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  • There are always two answers to this question: one for organizations, and another for individuals.

    For organizations, the answer is that you should be increasing your organizational capacity so you can do all of those things. Educational events, networking events, protests, meetings; coalitions with establishment forces (unions, libs), coalitions with Socialist orgs (Anarchists, DSA). You have to hit every aspect of society so that, even if one approach isn't working today, you've developed your cadre's skills and presence so that when it becomes necessary tomorrow you have the ability to act.

    For individuals? Be a part of your communities. Go to church, go to City Council, hang out at the bar. But the number 1 rule is: Be Normal. But do not shy away from your politics.

    Try to join an organization. I'm in the PSL and can vouch for them. I have also worked with RCA and the DSA locally and they are both very good, especially if your local DSA is MUG or Redstar dominated. The important thing is that you're organized, not who you're organized under. Join a fucking Indivisible branch if that's the only thing going on near you.

  • Beastie Boys are overrated.

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  • MCA is a Zionist unfortunately

  • Gunther goes Groyper

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  • There are two kinds of immigrants to the U.S.: there are poor immigrants who come to work low-paying manual and menial labor jobs because they are incredibly impoverished in their home countries, and there are wealthy reactionaries who come to the U.S. to take advantage of their already high position in society, or to flee Socialist reforms.

    Instead of a Liberal, identity politics-based understanding of immigration and "racial tolerance" we should have a class-based one. Working-class Indians, like working-class Americans and other working-class immigrants, deserve our solidarity. But Bourgeoise (and Professional-Managerial Class) Indians, at least in our current material circumstances, do not.

    This isn't a solid thing - just as solidarity can be found with some Bourgeoise Arabs in the U.S. under our current material conditions, a future condition may make an alliance with Bourgeoise Indian immigrants worthwhile. But currently, it is clear they are firmly entrenched in the camp of Western finance capital.

  • You'd think the British home office would try harder with the bullshit peddlers they pay to spam tiktok with this shit?

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  • Several weeks in prison? If I was Putin I would have had her killed

  • MFs will be like "no fantasy for me, I'm an adult, I want realistic media" and then watch shows where cops are well-meaning but constantly under terrible career-threatening scrutiny

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  • There are cop shows that do this sort of thing, the issue is that people are conditioned to see the cops actions as justified - cop pulls up on a homeless man, gun drawn? Completely reasonable - the homeless are dangerous criminals, unpredictable! He sees him twitch a little bit and fires three into the chest? He could have been reaching for a weapon!

    The lesson people will take away from this is that good people sometimes make regrettable mistakes, that policing is dangerous and cops are professionals who actually need more funding, not less!

    This is how it's always going to be with a show where the main POV is a cop unless the message is so heavy-handed it makes the show unwatchable.

  • Kill the Woman in Your Mind - Free the Woman in Your Heart

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  • What is the utility of the ‘trans’ prefix in a social context today? Clearly there is very real utility when it comes to medical treatment, and legal protections, but it also seems contradictory to the belief that trans women… are women. We don’t say someone who is nationalized is a “Nationalizing Citizen”, we don’t consider christian converts to be “Converting” Christians… They're just christians.

    I don't necessarily want to comment on the trans bit, but in both of these situations (Converts and Citizen Immigrants) I think you're understating how often these distinctions are made. And I think both of your examples are great analogues to dive into to help better understand trans identity.

    There are certainly situations where it is important to distinguish between an "American" as in an "American Citizen", and as in "Someone born in America and socialized as an American". And the same could be said for Religious converts - I have many Muslim friends, both born and converts. And obviously there is a difference between the son of Afghani immigrants, and a white guy from Marienburg who recites the Shahada, especially in their social experience of Islam and their upbringing.

    But it's also true that, when an immigrant becomes a citizen, we celebrate their naturalization, and we call them an American. And when a person converts, a big deal is made of it and they are embraced by their new community.

    I think exact verbiage can sometimes come under extreme scrutiny when it comes to trans issues because very small differences in how we approach trans identity can be the difference between someone with the "correct" opinions and a Truscum. But that nationality and religion are less charged but analogous topics that analogies can be drawn from. I think we treat religious converts, and especially naturalized citizens, similarly to how we treat trans people - where most will enthusiastically and sometimes militantly support their new identity, a bigoted minority will deny it, but even most of those who claim to accept their identity consider them somewhat "apart"; that sure, you are an American, but you are still an Immigrant. I think it's almost striking how similar the citizen immigrant experience is to the trans experience, of having to assimilate and "prove yourself" even when progressives state that assimilation isn't necessary and that there's nothing to prove.

  • Isekais are weird; like, just make a fantasy anime if you want a fantasy anime

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  • They're softcore pornographic slop, and everybody who enjoys them knows they're slop but likes them because of the softcore pornography.

    The same way that pornography mainly has faceless men, disembodied arms and penises, isekai has the most generic dark-haired Japanese NEET main characters because those are the characters that the primary audience of isekais will most easily relate to.

    And the quality of the medium can be similarly analogized. Some porn, rarely, becomes popular because of the quality of the cinematography, or the quality of the narrative, and there are certainly people in porn since it's inception who want more art in pornography; but more important to the success of a work of pornography is the attractiveness of the actresses, or the absurdity of the premise, or the depravity of the acts. The same could be said for an isekai anime.

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    (cw: paedophiles) Today in Hellworld: One of those predator hunting channels is sponsored by an online casino and gambles with the predator on stream to advertise it.

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  • SkipIntro on YouTube has a good video about the To Catch a Predator team and they're also weird right-wing cranks

  • Frieren Vs demon.

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  • I like the show and I don't think the demons are problematic

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