Ive heard theres a lot of bigotry in ml spaces, particularly against women and lgbtq+. So i think sharing your experiences would allow us to learn from them. Im pretty sure this is a safe space, at least i hope so lol.
Edit: I apoligize for giving little to no profundization.(im not used to this reddit like social media, i only use discord)
I mostly asked this because i was thinking about joining Communist Party of Spain and i had heard concerning things about other communist poarties in the imperial core like the yankee one, and the british one. And i also saw this short https://www.youtube.com/shorts/poc6t6qO1VM and i was really worried about it.
Anyways thanks for answering and im glad the responses were so reassuring.
I have encountered maybe one or two prejudiced “Marxist-Leninists” (this was what they called themselves, mind you), one of whom was an old man whose theory had not developed since the Cold War and the other of whom gave off ACP vibes.
Other than that there are some comrades who struggle to abandon problematic language but that is usually out of force of habit or ignorance and not intentional malice. Marxist-Leninist spaces have, in general, been some of the most progressive and quickest to correct prejudiced behavior that I’ve ever been part of. I’ve been in liberal places, social democrat spaces, even anarchist spaces and out of all of them only anarchist spaces really come close to the hardline stance against prejudice that M-L spaces take but in my experience you’re more likely to meet an anarchist who is prejudiced (usually misogyny, paternalistic racism, or “noble savage” type racists) than an M-L.
Mind that this is purely anecdotal.
ACP peeps are not Marxist-Leninists, let us be real.