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@Tweetfiction I think another thing that happens a lot is that bad actors — or people having a moment of weakness — can cloak their shit in leftist language, and because leftists care so damn much about things and the language is used to talk about incredibly important things that people often try to silence or ignore, that means that leftists are very easily manipulated and misled by that co-opting. I think we need to start being able to recognize that simply because someone is using jargon that we recognize and use or because someone has had previously good takes before doesn't mean that we shouldn't think critically about all sides of what they are saying. Leftist language should not be a sort of thought terminating cliche where as soon as you see it you shut down your mind and assume whoever is spouting the language is correct. And the fact that it sort of seems like people treat leftist language that way a lot of the time is precisely why fascists try to co-opt leftist language as much as possible.