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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'd agree with you, if Hexbears weren't so obnoxious and cultish. First, they will hit you over the head with 20 different links on why the Tiananmen Square massacre was actually a fake, how the Uyghur genocide is fake as well, how China is the bestest democracy to ever have graced the earth and if you dare cite Wikipedia, you're just spewing CIA talking points. They are anti-billionaire only to the extend they can blame the US for. And if you won't play their little game of debunking all the drivel they throw at you, they just start to post their pig shit image. There's a reason they have it hot-linked on their instance: https://www.hexbear.net/PPB (NSFW)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So eloquently and precisely did you sum up my experience with them that I am starting to suspect you are me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No, it's just that they all use the exact same play book

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Oh that's what that image is, lol that's disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They should just enable downvotes