I’m curious whether calling someone an ultra has a generally agreed upon meaning here.
Not to defend any accused ultras or whatever. Recent post got me thinking about it though. It feels like a very loaded word and using it seems like in-group/out-group differentiation signalling or … I dunno.
Maybe another way to put it is often when I see the term being used it feels like its serves a similar purpose to the “tankie” label’s utility for anarchists and liberals.
I might just be running up against tone parsing issues or something, and so maybe this is just me or a figment of my imagination, but it often seems to limit or shape discussion when it pops up early in a discussion.
Again I’m sure I’m just Wrong about this, but it almost feels like a mild thought terminating cliche at least some of the time.
Not trying to fight with anyone, I’m just curious about the nuances (if there are any) with the term.
What does it mean to you and do you have any thoughts you feel like sharing regarding the role it plays in online leftist spaces?
That’s interesting, so they self identified politically as an “ultra” - do you remember if that was the extent of how they declared their ideology or if they clearly also adhered to a more specific and broadly recognised ideological tendency? It’s cool if you didn’t commit their screeds to memory haha, just curious if you happen to remember.
I appreciate you posting in any case, thank you.
Folks don’t self identify as ultra, but some do identify as ‘left communists’ with various specific tendencies
Leftcom.
Actually, after some searching, I found them. Their last account was not banned.
https://hexbear.net/u/whygodwhy
They had a thread here, but it looks like it got scrubbed because the comm was removed, their comments are still in their post history though: https://hexbear.net/post/128539
Then this one here inviting hexbears to r/ultraleft (lol): https://hexbear.net/post/167374
Then this comment chain in a thread about the mistakes of the USSR: https://hexbear.net/comment/2077278
I also found this person: https://hexbear.net/u/aws0me