Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]@hexbear.nettoaskchapo@hexbear.net•What's the deal with leftcoms saying they are not leftists?English
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4 years agoIf I had to guess it’s because they see the term leftist as another meaningless term like progressive, which I kinda agree with. I think refusing to be labeled a leftist is dumb but I definitely hate when people say “leftism”
One of the reasons I’m skeptical of him is that he’s extremely elusive for such a major (and divisive) figure. For info on the origin of white supremacy and the evils of settler colonialism I steer people towards Gerald Horne, who is a respected black marxist historian.