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.
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. I imagine that’s how the falling out with Grad and Hexbear happened (Grad banned them as well for liberalism).
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.
Here’s an example of Bad Empanada just shit-stirring:
You also claimed Hexbear are “transzionists,” uphold Bad Empanada, and take constant reactionary stances. You blocked me because I correctly called you out, and here is what I said:
The PRC is not helping the US and Israel disarm the resistance. China has affirmed that Palestinians must control Palestine in their own state, and served as a vital mediator for the 2024 Beijing Declaration, where Fatah and Hamas were brought closer together and the resistance as a whole in Palestine came together to collaborate more closely, alongside China. In the 2024 Beijing Declaration, which China was a core mediator for, it was declared that the resistance must not be disarmed.
China has consistently only ever veto’d at the security council if it is willing to intervene millitarily in order to protect the veto’d outcome. The PRC has veto’d sanctions on the DPRK, and has enforced that veto by increasing trade with the DPRK. The US Empire has never been stopped by a veto, such as when it was determined to stop shipping arms to Haiti, which the US subverted. China vetoing the UNSC declaration on Palestine would mean mobilizing its army to directly prevent the US’s plans for the region.
If we look at how resistance orgs are responding, they aren’t blaming China. Instead, they have similar analysis to China, that is that the plan itself is unworkable and that they cannot implement it in the first place. China also adhered its best to both the PLO, who endorsed TRUST, and Hamas, the PFLP, etc that oppose TRUST.
Personally, I would rather China take a more millitant anti-imperialist stance than their current passive stance. There’s good reason to believe this will be the case in the future, as younger generations in China are more millitant and more overwhelmingly pro-Palestine. However, I don’t confuse imperfect allies for enemies, which is the western-leftist mistake you’ve fallen for. You did the same with Hexbear, calling them “transzionist” and claiming they ban critique of contrapoints because she’s trans. The reality is that Hexbear is anti-zionist and pro-trans, and regularly clowns on contrapoints for her awful liberalism.
China is contributing to a multi-polar world. China’s position in the global stage facilitates south-south trade, which bypasses unequal exchange, where the global north maintains monopolies on high tech industries so as to consistently charge monopoly prices in exchange with the global south. China charges non-monopoly prices, and this is why exchange with China, alongside the rise of the Belt and Road Initiative, has resulted in dramatic development in African and Latin American countries. This is ultimately the single greatest contributor to the downfall of imperialism globally, and is why right now there is such a large cold war with China.
Your confusion of imperfect allies with enemies is why the western left has continued to fail to meaningfully challenge the status quo. Jones Manoel was correct in Western Marxism Loves Purity and Martyrdom, But Not Real Revolution. Western leftists do the work of the US Empire by making the same mistakes you’ve been making with respect to China, thereby sabotaging allies and making the efforts of the ones actually arming, facilitating, and committing the genocide easier.
TL;DR join an org. Having a practical outlet to test theory to practice, and directly organize against arming and supporting Israel, is a much better use of your time. It will also help you form a more correct understanding of anti-imperialist struggle.
Figured it’s important for others to know what it is you actually blocked me for. You’re correct at least 70% of the time, but the last 30% is marred by letting reaction guide you. You didn’t believe China was imperialist prior to the abstention, but the abstention was in line with standard Chinese foreign policy and nothing about China’s economy changed from it. Nevertheless, you flipped nearly 180 on that.
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.
Now let’s do this exact same meme but with Hexbear and being right about all of the nazi bar instances
Cowbee is the goat
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
i love stupid commies 💖
♥️
He’s everyone’s favorite stupid commie, thank you very much.
You’re also not stupid at all. I often wonder if you’re actually four people. If you’re not, props for being that good.
Thanks for the kind words, but no, I’ve got a long road ahead in my studies before I consider myself educated in the field of Marxism-Leninism. I’m just one person, I just like to yap!
Your contributions are greatly appreciated, so keep yapping!
Thanks!
Can confirmLol
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.
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!
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
This made my day, as I sip my cuppa!
Reasons for Behavior:
✅ I didn’t read the things he keeps trying to make me read
Cowbee is responsible for exterminating, at minimum, ten million White cishet capitalist men, and even that estimate might be too low.
Reasons for behavior:
✅ I was not aware of how BASED he was
I didn’t realize the avatar was so cute
There are 3 others!
I always thought your pfp was cute, for some reason i thought it was an OC or a comic, cool to finally see the cowbee quadrinity
Thank you! It’s from a Korean artist, yeyepainting on instagram! Shamelessly stolen though.
Wow, they have great art; though I will never disassociate that dog with the “marxist-leninist man on lemmy” ever again 😩
This dog is a COMMUNIST
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
Don’t feel bad but just know, now whenever I will ever see a watercolor painting of a dog I will think of the immortal science of marxism 😌
Truly we are blessed 🐶
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.
Reasons for behavior:
✅ I didn’t realize the avatar was so cute
i started to respect cowbee early on 🫡🫡
cowbee is one of the most patient posters I’ve seen
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
You too, wish I could have your attitude when the fash get mad at you
Cowbee might say that great man theory isn’t real, but I think they’re a real great person
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.
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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