On this day when we need it most, I can't even retweet @infinite_scream anymore because they added the hammer and sickle to the username–the confederate flag for lefties. #Aaaaaaaaaaaugh
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Many people (including some with political views far to the left of you or me) have asked politely in various venues for the left to stop using this symbol, given the great crimes that were committed under it. We get met with ridicule and abuse by people who have lived in comfort
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The left is normally quick to abandon problematic speech or iconography that causes division, but the hammer and sickle seems to be an exception. All I ask is that people realize that by using it, they are alienating many potential friends and allies who grew up under this system
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