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by croutonwagon 1109 days ago
I dont really have an issue with ones political leanings. On that site or otherwise. No doubt I have conversed and even debated with some that are Communist or Socialist, both on the internet and in real life. I was just in Vietnam for 3 weeks with one of my good friends who has a LOT of family over there and some of them, many of them embrace socialism. Talking to many of those folks over drinks was very interesting.

Its when it becomes a core portion of your identity and you are throwing it others faces or using it as a pedestal for elitism that it rubs me wrong. And that is the feeling I get on that site. Heck they even had a thread on the very topic the other day [1]

Again I am not saying its bad. Just it gives a very weird vibe and it will depend on how the new users play into that and affect it.

[1]: https://beehaw.org/post/443376?scrollToComments=true