Fuck this purity test bullshit
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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Fuck radlibs whining about leftism not accommodating their privileged fantasies.
What is the hand holding the carrot symbol?
I'm sorry but discouraging electoral participation is extremely dumb. Until the revolution comes, that's how change happens.
How about we just stand with whoever opposes our current authoritarian government and try to get them out of power instead of pulling this "holier than thou" crap.
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS): SDS was one of the most influential student organizations of the anti-war era, mobilizing large-scale protests and advocating for democratic socialism and direct action against the Vietnam War. Through Operation CHAOS, the CIA infiltrated SDS chapters, gathering intelligence on its membership and strategies. The agency’s informants sometimes instigated aggressive actions or created tensions between factions within the group, contributing to its eventual dissolution. By sowing division and encouraging splintering, the CIA effectively weakened SDS as a unified force, reducing its influence over the national anti-war movement.
Liberals never act meaningfully to threaten authoritarianism.
Liberals protect the state. The state protects authoritarianism. When leftists undertake direct action to protect the population against such oppressive systems, liberals pretend that leftists are the greater enemy.
Gatekeeping and purity tests are super productive.
Get lost with your purity test nonsense. It’s always libs trying to shit on actual leftists for not tolerating their crap. You are not leftists, there is no purity test when you’re not on our side.
Hey Deceptichum, what do you eat? Because if purity tests for "actual leftism" are on the menu, boy do I have a fuck of an unnecessary hierarchical power structure perpetuated for profit and justified by "the natural order" which results in the exploitation, torture, and murder of billions of an oppressed underclass that you just have to give your opinion about.
... Or is "actual leftism" just "give or take whatever my views are"?
I eat a plant based diet.
That's really cool. Right on. I assume you wouldn't go around calling people fake leftists for not being vegan. I wouldn't, despite animal agriculture being one of the most entrenched establishments in modern society and completely antithetical to leftist principles. That's not rooted in strategy either; that's just acknowledging that "leftism" isn't a monolith and that everybody has their own journeys. I don't see them as "not leftists" despite unquestioningly participating in a system that spits in the face of every leftist ideal I know and causes unimaginable suffering and damage because of it.
Some of the shit in this image is obviously non-leftist like anti-antifa and Joe Biden, but it's mixed in with center-left politicians and ideas – like you're not a "real leftist" if you support sensible gun control, voting, a couple politicians who've probably inspired a leftist awakening in millions of people, and uh... Corporate appropriation of gay culture? This image has to be old as dirt, because I don't know anyone these days who applauds that while self-describing as "a leftist".
Some of these are obvious; some of them just seem like obnoxious purity tests that drive people away from leftism. The way they're mixed in together seems disingenuous.
What do trolls eat?
You are definitely not leftist if you advocate for the state consolidating control over arms leaving the working class defenseless. Leftists understand that community self defense is the only means to challenge the massive systemic violence inherent in capitalism.
Is Genocide Joe anti-capitalist?
You don't know what those words mean.
You just imagined they would be useful for you to validate your antagonism.
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