Tankiejerk

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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.

A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.

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Fringe right and fringe left both make this conversation difficult (lemmy.myserv.one)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/tankiejerk

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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying "Russia".

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with "Russia".

The third panel is Phoebe saying "has invaded".

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back "has invaded".

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying "Ukraine".

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back "Ukraine".

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase "Russia has invaded Ukraine".

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming "NATO just started a proxy war".

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Firstly, I'd like to warn you: you're on [email protected] . You're not going to find many friends here.

Secondly, I gotta say: I can't help but notice some questions very conspicuously absent from your list. Very important questions, too.

How many civilians have died in Russian airstrikes?
How many Russian weapons have been destroyed or intercepted by lend-leased military equipment?
How many people would those weapons have killed?
How many Ukrainian civilians' lives would have to be saved for their salvation to be worth 10% of America's military budget?

If a capitalist wanted me to hand a sandwich to a homeless man, and was rolling the cameras and spewing propaganda about how this couldn't happen in a communist country... I would still hand the sandwich to the homeless man.

Because a man's gotta eat, you know? His needs don't change because some monster has an agenda that gets fulfilled when his needs are met.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you, your answer was very valuable to me. It's helped me get a better perspective on the problem. I have a tendency to cold-bloodedly redirect the trolley, you know? I feel that's the right thing, but I respect your humanity here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for hearing me out.