back at it with another ridiculous question. As I have been developing my personal ideology, I’ve found that I reject much of the socially progressive ideas in corpo media and twitter (conservatives call it identity politics). Stuff like abolishing the nuclear family (or pride flag on drones joke) that doesn’t look to change any economic or material reality I find I don’t agree with.

First and second wave feminism I support as they changed the material realities for women, but the push for things like gender reassignment surgery under 16 years (i wanted to be in the cia when I was this age, people change personalities quickly during their teenage years) among other socially progressive ideas (bedtime abolition and the like) seem to be far removed from any type of class struggle and even hurt the working class.

Expressing this on Twitter got me called a nazbol (of course) but am I? Does being socially conservative but economically progressive make me a redfash? I understand intersectionality and that you can be trans and poor but focusing so heavily on non class issues seems detrimental for workers, even if they get some progressive tidbits.

plz feel free to own me if I’m spitting straight crap wrote this on my phone b4 work

edit: the thoughtful genzedong comments/commenters make this community the only place I’d be willing to ask a question like this, thanks for that, and the info you share so that myself and others can be better communists 💪🇨🇳👍

  • Ratette (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    2 years ago

    That’s my understanding of it talking to my friend who is trans. Surgery under 16 is rare if at all and used as a bad faith argument by terfs.

    • halfie@lemmygrad.mlOP
      8·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for clarifying, asking a question like this anywhere else would be met with hate and vitriol

      • Ratette (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
        16·
        2 years ago

        Thank me by listening to a lot of the good responses you’ve gotten in this thread 👍

        We all never stop learning after all, just don’t get bogged down in the “culture war” phenomenon buzzword stuff.

        Neither the liberals or the conservatives actually give a shit or care about minority rights, its all performative allyship used as an armour to make themselves feel better about the abject discrimination their own ideologies and politics enable and rely on to function. If they actually cared they’d listen to us when we tell them what the problem is. They don’t.

        A truly socialist society wouldn’t let discrimination like that fly. Its why its important to listen to these people and understand their needs so that the Marxist solution to capitalist’s problems addresses ALL of capitalism’s problems.