• @mashbooq
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    -121 year ago

    I downvote anything with a hate symbol as its avatar

    • @redpenOP
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      71 year ago

      What has the hate symbol as an avatar?

      • @mashbooq
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        -111 year ago

        The hammer and sickle is a hate symbol

        • @redpenOP
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          51 year ago

          Could you kindly explain how it represents hate?

          • @mashbooq
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            -71 year ago

            It has been and continues to be the symbol of regimes that have oppressed and tried to destroy a number of indigenous cultures in Eastern Europe and Asia

            • @redpenOP
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              61 year ago

              Does that mean nearly every European flag and the US and Canadian flags are hate symbols in your perspective?

              • @mashbooq
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                -31 year ago

                Sort of, especially the US flag bc of how it’s continued to be used, but not to the same degree, because they represent nations instead of a specific hateful ideology. The Confederate flag, on the other hand, is 100% a hate symbol.

                • @redpenOP
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                  51 year ago

                  So would I be understanding correctly that to you, socialism itself is a hateful ideology, and therefore the hammer and sickle is a hate symbol?

                  • @mashbooq
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                    11 year ago

                    No, that would not be understanding me correctly. I never said anything about socialism at all, much less anything about it being a hateful ideology, and thus a connection to socialism could not have been the basis for my position on the hammer and sickle being a hate symbol.

        • @Darkpepito_tux
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          31 year ago

          If your talking about Stalinist Marxism-Leninism (which I agree is a bit questionable on what they did and what they support), you should know there is many form of communism using this symbol, even pacifist and lib ones (even marxism used this symbol at the time)

          • @mashbooq
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            -41 year ago

            That’s not unlike the situation with the swastika, but in the West it’s still a symbol of hate

            • @Darkpepito_tux
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              41 year ago

              The hammer and the sickle are not a symbol of hate for the West, but only for capitalism and fascism. To my eyes, the real symbol of hate is the Dollar

      • @mashbooq
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        -81 year ago

        Oh, such a clever and cutting comeback! I’m crushed!