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The Red Fleet | Hate Disguised As Love
I think we all ought to take a moment to reflect on the actions of The Red Fleet, still regarded as the premier anti-fascist force on NationStates, one which has even been commended by the Security Council in its actions against regions such as Nazi Europe and The Greater German Reich. While these invasions are certainly positive steps for NationStates, as the signify the withering away of a hateful ideology, the Red Fleet has tarnished its reputation as the great "ruiner of Nazi sandcastles" in its other actions, showing a dark, albeit less visible, side to the communistic region.
The Red Fleet and its leaders like to advertise their anti-fascist element. And rightfully so. They have been the leading anti-Nazi voice in all of NationStates, bringing great success to their operations. All of this is laudable. But according to the Red Fleet, "they [we] raid Fascist regions, and they [we] defend Leftists and any region that finds itself threatened by our enemies." This on the surface sounds great, but does this claim hold up to scrutiny? The answer is, regrettably, no. Instead, they rub their revolutionary swagger all over innocent capitalist regions, destroying communities in the name of advancing their own ideology.
Without making a statement on that ideology, let us examine the stated "policies" of the organization with regards to raiding. According to their very own "white papers," which supposedly guide their process of decision making, only regions with the "Fascist" tag and enemies of the Fleet (which is a very long list, by the way) are considered raiding targets. If we are to presume this to be the case however, we would have to overlook countless raid examples, among which include the following:
United States 0f America: In a move that attracted much controversy, and rightfully so, the Red Fleet, along with their partners in NSLeft, invaded this roleplay region that was not involved in military gameplay because "they had embassies with US Military", a member of NSRight. The idea that an invasion of a region solely because it has an embassy with an enemy is a ridiculous standard, which would leave countless embassy collector regions open for invasion. It seems as if the only reason they really did this was because they hate Americanism, while defending their actions by fallacy of association. To top it off, they placed the flag of the real-life North Korea over the region in order to mock the roleplayers, whilst yelling about how America is worse than North Korea, apparently. Even the Red Fleet's stated policy--"Non-fascist anti-communist regions that do not involve themselves in military gameplay are not targeted"--stands in direct contradiction to this despicable raid.
THE TRUMP WARRIORS: This region, which was not tagged as fascist, appeared to be raided based on ideological opposition to President Donald Trump, an opposition I share with them. This does not however, according to both reason and Fleet policy, provide a valid reason to wreak havoc on a region in which "You are free to share your opinion as you like even if its a anti-trump opinion as long as you do so respectfully," which clearly the Red Fleet has no idea how to do.
New Republica: Yet again because it, a non-gameplay region which had embassies with Libertatem, it was considered an "enemy of the region," even though it was not involved in any operation to attack the Red Fleet or any of its allies. The invasion amounts to a petty attack on anyone who merely has relations with REATO, showing the Red Fleet's apparent inability to understand the purpose of an embassy.
Slavija: Virtually the same example as above, a clear violation of Red Fleet policy.
This list goes on--we could spend all day reviewing the Red Fleet's reign of terror over innocent capitalist regions. But this will be sufficient to prove that through their military action, one finds out that their seemingly respectable policy isn't work the "white paper" it is written on. Instead, they raid any region they deem fit, at any time, in any manner they like, flaunting their communistic propaganda in the faces on regions who just asked not to be raided. Typically, the only defense of the increasing quantity of these actions has amounted to "we defeated the Nazis," bringing up an irrelevant point to draw sympathy towards their actions, whilst muddling over the darker aspects of their military policy. We shouldn't be fooled by this, but consistently, people are--if you want proof of this, look through this very thread. Regardless of what they may claim, a right does not justify another wrong; in order to live up to a commendation, for instance, a region ought to consistently walk the righteous path. To the contrary, the Red Fleet targets whatever innocent communities it wants, including the ones shown above.
The Red hypocrisy does not stop in military affairs, however. The group also used its influence in AntiFa and (formerly) in CAIN to advance its own radical ideology at the expense of those who they ought be working with to combat fascism. For example, when a long list of embassy collectors (regions who build embassies indiscriminately for exchange purposes) were added to CAIN's famed list of "Nazi Collaborators," several nations from across NationStates criticized the decision. When CAIN subsequently moved to eliminate these regions from the list, The Red Fleet voted to remove every single embassy collector except Right to Life.
By no means did Right to Life have the most egregious list of embassies--the region holds embassies with only one "Nazi" region (KAISERREICH), whose status on the list of Nazi regions has been seriously called into question by people like Cresenthia and Christian Democrats. Look down the embassy list for the Bar at the Corner of Every Region, for example. In fact, there was no reason for anyone in Right to Life to be considered Nazi. In fact, the only Nazi to ever join the region was and was subsequently banned from Right to Life and declared Delete on Sight. There have been precisely zero reports of Nazi sympathizers in the region. Nevertheless, the Red Fleet voted against removing the region from the list, while doing so for every other region on the list.
What caused the Red Fleet to do so? Well, perhaps its policies can provide us a reason for this while the region itself has not. The Red Fleet, according to Caelapes, maintains a clandestine list of "unraidable targets," which they desperately wished to raid to cause harm to. This functions like the Fleet's "top secret hit list," on which includes Right to Life among several other non-fascist regions. The Fleet clearly is a political opponent of the Right to Life, resulting in their decision to use CAIN to slander the region, without regards to the aims of goals of CAIN. Manipulatory actions like this are a large part of the reason why CAIN devolved into, in the words of the Red Fleet, a "hotbed of drama."
While the Red Fleet claims to be the leader of anti-fascism of NationStates, this is a falsehood--like a wolf in sheep's clothing, they use this reputation to justify great evil. Because it cannot be so easily eliminated, the most dangerous kind of hatred is that which is disguised as love. It takes all of NationStates to stand up and stop it forever.
