And I’m genuinely hurt by this.
Someone in a tiktok comment section was talking about anarchists hiding cultural-conservatives but because tiktok comments are limited I didn’t really understand what they were talking about so I asked if there was a book or article I could read to learn more about this particular event. They then stated “do anarchist sock puppets read books now?” And I feel like shit. I don’t know what I said to provoke this hostility.
I know I’m overly sensitive but I actually am tearing up because of this. I hate the thought of being perceived as an enemy. I don’t know what to say to let them know I’m not a sock puppet…
Their comments mentioned something about the Chinese communists and the IWW.
You’re comment reminded me of this:
I only asked them for more information since tiktok comment threads are practically unreadable and due to the character limitations their singular comments were hard to understand as well. Maybe they saw me as one of those “source?” People who only ask in bad faith just so they can never read what you post but I tried to word my comment in a way that was genuine. Maybe I should’ve used a tone indicator.
But I’ll keep asking questions and learning more and hopefully one day I’ll figure out what anarchist event they were referencing.
Thank you for the encouragement, it means a lot.
Not a problem, and let me just say thank you to introducing me to that quote, I couldn’t agree more. In case there’s any self-doubt going on, just know that you are not and will NEVER be a Anarchist “sock-puppet” and sleep well knowing that you are on the right side of history, these ignorant fools will always be hostile and intolerant towards anyone trying to understand things better and they’re probably just anti-learning. Any principled Marxist salivates at the thought of giving like 4-10 book recommendations on any given topic, lol if they write you off that quick, my theory is that they never had any good book recommendations in the first place
One of the reasons I love it here is because you could ask a simple question and everyone will come through with so much reading material. As someone who loves to learn it’s practically heaven.