I know that everyone on the left has numerous disagreements with everyone else on the left, but why does it seem that everyone hates Maoists. I'm not looking for criticism of Mao, per say, but why do people hate Maoist organizations in general. The only solid criticism I've seen on here have been of the Third Worldists, but they are just a segment of Maoists and from what I understand there are strong disagreements with them amongst other Maoists, yet other Maoists get dismissed out of hand. The closest Maoist group near me is FRSO, and I know some people in it who look like they are engaged good work, but when I look online it appears that other socialists have a problem with their presence in organizations. tl;dr: What's the deal with Maoists?
t. someone with ultraleft tendencies who just started reading about maoist ideas like the mass line and am intrigued by it