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What leftist is out there supporting Assad?
Those who think "left" is whatever Russia does
I call it geopolitical jetlag
Tankies, in other words
"people I disagree with", in other words
There are more than a few on lemmy.ml, of course.
Assad is a friend of Russia and enemy of the West. Therefore tankies support Assad.
Are the tankies in the room with you now?
Yeah, there's a bunch of them around, actually. Just look at the most downvoted comments and you'll find the clowns.
If I'm going to infer political attitudes I try to make sure there's a little more evidence than "I disagree with you".
And that's what "tankies" has become - a pejorative meaning "people I disagree with"
Go head downvote all you want but it's true.
Lots of them. Usually buy into the whole axis of resistance crap.