like its obviously good that we’ve got an actual radical leftist with a very long history of being pro-palestine into parliament in the UK, but also he sucks so bad on trans issues and basically every other socially progressive issue. Im kind of like tentatively supportive of him since like as far as im aware in the rochdale election the options were basically transphobic far right neoliberal, transphobic bipartisan neoliberal, transphobic pedophile fascist and discount corbyn but transphobic for no apparent reason (average terf island local election 
), and like at this point it doesnt seem like there’s really any none fucked up opposition to the stranglehold the right has this country in
(also the liberals and the conservatives are both bipartisanly throthing at the mouth to get him out for being too pro palestine so that’s funny ngl)
TL;DR:
“Mum, can we get Corbyn?”
“We already have Corbyn at home”
The Corbyn at home:
I believe communism has zero or worse chance unless people stop demanding social progressive purity. The vast majority of people are sadly bigoted one way or another. This includes leftists. You need to look past the bigotry and realize it’s rooted in the despair caused by capitalism. People seek “the other” to hate or feel better than to brighten in a very twisted way their sullen existence. Capitalists perpetuate queerphobia and use performative fight against it to enslave queer people to the oppression they create for us.
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Tailism
Edit: Also throwing this in for anyone else looking. https://truthout.org/articles/why-misogynists-make-great-informants/
Omg tysm. I needed this so much. You’re the best, Gay_Tomato. 🥺
You should also thank your admins for making this only a 2 minute find.
Lemmygrad admins are the best.
I also remembered this. https://truthout.org/articles/why-misogynists-make-great-informants/ This is an example of exactly what letting this stuff slide does to movements.
I’ll try reading tomorrow. The site is too bright for this late at night.
People respecting my identity is not social progressive purity, its basic decency. Can’t let bigotry exist in leftist spaces. That’s fucking dangerous.
Look, this ain’t it, ok?
The only places I can excuse are countries that have genuinely been victims of Western imperialism, with reservations (looking at you especially, Russia), countries that genuinely have a bone to pick with Western liberalism, where the forced imposition of neoliberal order had led to mass poverty, the fabrics of society torn apart and the oppression of their national and cultural identities (treating them as the Bad CountriesTM that ought to be disciplined if not outright destroyed), whose “lack of social progress” and “human rights issues” have been used as justifications for military interventions and economic sanctions to perpetuate the imperialist aims of the global hegemon.
In such cases, the Great Rejection of Western culture became not only a necessity, but an inevitable reaction, and the unfortunate consequences include collateral damages to aspects that are genuinely progressive, but not organic to the local movements. We’re not even going to talk about how Western imperialists had their hands in massacring leaders, activists and supporters of progressive movements from the Third World that directly led to the rise of right wing dictatorships across the world.
As Mao taught us, the principal contradiction of these countries is anti-imperialism, which forms the dominant part of the struggle.
However, if you live in the Imperial Core that perpetrate and benefit from the colonial exploitations of the developing world and still complain about gay people and trans people, then you’re just a reactionary. Period. There is no reconciliation with these reactionaries from the left.
I’m struggling to find much beyond some cringe shit about pronouns.
Does he want to take away my hormones or make me use the men’s restroom?
He’s pushed himself as the anti woke alternative to labour for quite a while and this was in his campaign letter
transphobia
Deeply ignorant on the subject. Maybe he can be educated. Father of six - odds are one of them is going to end up queer. There’s nothing shielding is going to stop it. It will come out eventually, and if it ddoesn’t come out in a healthy way, then it will come out in an unhealthy way. You can not bottle it up forever without consequences.
Too much focus on it though shows willingness. I hope he is able to accept his queer child and understand it was always there and you don’t just flick a switch. The only switch is closeted or open.
Oof. 🤢
Lmao that grooming gangs paragraph is also extremely solid
He wants to take others’ hormones…