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Pls give me leftist dogwhistles to put in my dating app bio

My friend made me install Bumble. I want something that leftists will recognize but that won't immediately scare off liberals (I can fix them)

Does anyone have any cool Lenin quotes for this purpose or something

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  • I think any sort of play on "workers of the world unite!" Or even a conspicuously placed use of the word "union" would trigger my leftist alarm.

  • I used to have surprisingly good responses on tinder by starting the discussion with "what's your opinion on Palestine?"

    Most didn't have one but almost everyone responded and gave a good indication of their values with it (this obviously depends strongly on your area)

    "Women hold up half the sky" would probably fly under the radar for most libs, and if they recognize it, they are most likely going to be annoying

  • Mine just says queer anticapitalist poly. Folks get the hint. The worst I ever get with that is Warren libs but they can be fixed.

  • "Pro-union" is the only thing I can think of that isn't unnecessarily long in the typical leftist meme way.

  • Okay so you are not the first on hexbear to ask for this. There was another user with a similar query about a year ago. I dug thru my old account, but couldn't find the thread, but if you search your own question, then it should probably turn up right quick - Maybe that'll give you some good ideas too.

    Good dogwhistles have to be subtle enough that it's not just "THE ONLY THING WRONG STALIN DID WAS STOPPING AT BERLIN" while not being so subtle or niche that you come off as a weirdo eccentric (unless you want that to be your vibe) like posting a Zizek quote or something. It also should still be something that relates to you as a person - just posting something that does not vibe with you apart from being a signifier is not optimal.
    My advice is to take a short and sweet quote unrelated to leftism by a lesser known revolutionary figure - Quoting something inspirational from Rosa Luxembourg is a good idea. Alternatively a left/left-adjacent artist/philosopher like Ursula K. Le Guin or the "we must imagine Sisyphus happy" by Camus are (I think) good examples of this. Also the fun-fact about women in east Germany having better sex.

    I've helped quite a few friends with having fun with dating apps. If you want some general advice, you can click the spoiler.

  • 🇨🇳🇻🇳 What similarities do these two have?

    Works a lot better if you're East Asian cause everybody will think it's just your race cause minorities sexualizing themselves to be exotic is so common

    Liberals might also just think oh, they border each other, or they're both Asian, they're both manufacturing hubs for the West, etc.

    I feel like nobody ever associates Vietnam with communism other than communists

    Note I've never done this or used any dating app lol

  • Maybe something ironic that another leftist would understand. I like telling people my dream is to start a misogynistic podcast in Miami Beach

  • Could put in some names that only communists would know but also have not been subjects of anticommunist propaganda. The average liberal will gloss over them but a communist will spot it right away.

    "Rosa Luxemburg fan" or "Slavoj Zizek enjoyer", things like that are going to stand out to a communist or anarchist but are barely going to be noticed at all by your average liberal as they won't have a clue who they are.

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