this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2023
637 points (86.7% liked)
Tankiejerk
603 readers
1 users here now
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.
Please be sure to obscure usernames on posts to prevent doxxing.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I’m extremely confused how people who are “I’m so leftist bro!” say you see, this fascist dictatorship HAD to invade a sovereign nation and abuse and murder tens of thousands of people, shoot missiles at apartment buildings and kidnap thousands of children because you see, our own countries and NATO are mean to them, due to the fact that we exist.
Lmao right? Before this year, I didn't even realize I was hated by 1/3 of the world for just existing.
We live in their heads rent-free yet we don't even think about them or acknowledge their existence 🤔
Maybe that's why they are pissed off? We don't give them enough attention? Idk