Robocommie
28th March 2010, 19:01
I just spent 19 long pages arguing in favor of the idea of Marxist revolution against a group of left-liberals! Then I got banned from the thread!
But man, even though the thread was going really well, I'm frustrated as shit for getting banned for basically being the holder of an unpopular opinion. I've decided to vent here. (Apologies)
Check this out, these were the main arguments against me.
1. Revolutions are only justified against truly totalitarian regimes that run death camps and kill millions.
2. Violence solves nothing, and a revolution will only make things worse!
3. We don't need a revolution, we can solve our problems with voting!
4. The government is too strong! We can't ever hope to win!
5. I'm a gay man and I won't be killed in a Marxist work camp.
Number 5 was actually the one that ended up getting me banned from the thread. When that poster initially expressed his feelings that revolutionary governments are worse than the current US government, I stated that while there are problems, if you compare any of those governments to the regimes they overturned, they each brought some kind of improvement to people's lives.
He said that if the rights of gays weren't improved, he doesn't care at all. When I expressed my incredulity that gay rights was the only important issue, even when children starve to death in third world countries, I got booted.
But man, even though the thread was going really well, I'm frustrated as shit for getting banned for basically being the holder of an unpopular opinion. I've decided to vent here. (Apologies)
Check this out, these were the main arguments against me.
1. Revolutions are only justified against truly totalitarian regimes that run death camps and kill millions.
2. Violence solves nothing, and a revolution will only make things worse!
3. We don't need a revolution, we can solve our problems with voting!
4. The government is too strong! We can't ever hope to win!
5. I'm a gay man and I won't be killed in a Marxist work camp.
Number 5 was actually the one that ended up getting me banned from the thread. When that poster initially expressed his feelings that revolutionary governments are worse than the current US government, I stated that while there are problems, if you compare any of those governments to the regimes they overturned, they each brought some kind of improvement to people's lives.
He said that if the rights of gays weren't improved, he doesn't care at all. When I expressed my incredulity that gay rights was the only important issue, even when children starve to death in third world countries, I got booted.