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Russian space control center in Crimea struck by Ukrainian ATACMS missiles
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
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You don't think coming to the conclusion "omg, this must be nuclear war preparations", instead of this just being a regular target, is conspiracy level thinking?
It would fit right into Alex Jones's show. And it's the most upvoted comment here.
Tankie
More generally, a tankie is someone who tends to support "militant opposition to capitalism", and a more modern online variation, which means "something like 'a self-proclaimed communist who indulges in conspiracy theories and whose rhetoric is largely performative.'"How is asking a simple question suddenly make one an Alex Jones Tankie? Yes there is a implication, but I don't see a conspiracy theory here.
Plus Alex Jones target audience aren't tankies. They are racist, Christian white nationalists
Once again, please leave your bubble every once in a while
I can't believe I have to explain this. Anyway
The comparison to Alex Jones and other conspiracy nutjobs was about how they don't care about any facts or context, and just like to string together random headlines into some doomsday narrative that supports their view.
The phrase "tankie infowars" means basically that - same methods, just different target audience. So you would switch around who the good guys and bad guys are, but not much else.