• The Snark Urge
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    393 months ago

    The other day a conservative on Lemmy (!) called me a wokeboi blueanon, so I am qualified to help with the definition:

    Awareness of structural and systematic inequality and oppression and the need for radical (systematic) reforms for same.

        • dactylothecaOP
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          3 months ago

          Urr, but why would that be “blue”?

          Edit: oh wait, the US Democrat color is blue?

          • Lightor
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            53 months ago

            Yeah, blue and red are often used to describe the Democrats and Republicans, respectively.

          • @samus12345
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            43 months ago

            Yes, it’s the reverse of how it is in Canada or the UK.

        • Lightor
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          53 months ago

          But isn’t anon fundamentally right wing in it’s ideology? I mean, I’m no expert but this feels like calling someone a meat eating vegan.

          • @Weslee
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            33 months ago

            Blue version of an anon, I guess?

            • Lightor
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              23 months ago

              Ahhh, Qanon had just ruined that one for me I guess, fair call out

        • @[email protected]
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          33 months ago

          Pretty sure it’s supposed to be specifically hard-left, maybe conspiracy oriented (because they would assume Trump’s Russian ties and criminal guilt are a conspiracy theory), equivalent to Qanon but on the other side.

          • @[email protected]
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            43 months ago

            Us centric, the colors are reversed (ish, as the democratic party isn’t really a left wing party).

    • d00phy
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      103 months ago

      So going by context, and correct me if I’m wrong here, but doesn’t the existence of “blueanon” imply that conservatives who use the word recognize that Q is bullshit?

      • The Snark Urge
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        173 months ago

        I am not adequately trained or compensated to untangle such a cobweb of bullshit

      • @[email protected]
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        I think it more so derives from the same place Q derives from rather than deriving from Q himself.

        Chanboard users refer to each other as anons. I am still somewhat confused, as the conservative would presumably refer to op disparagingly as a “blue[British word for ciggie]” as opposed to “blueanon”, seeing as how “anon” has connotations of comradery. This is further compounded by the fact that we have usernames. We’re not anonymous. We’re pseudononymous.

        If I had to guess, this is due to moderation preventing the use of slurs in regular speech in most regions of Lemmy.