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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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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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[–] nandeEbisu 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just because it's a NATO proxy war, doesn't mean NATO started it. Not saying they did this, but even if they were initially in wrong and bribed and coerced Russians into starting the war, Russia could have pulled out at any time, and no one is making Russia commit war crimes.

[–] Maggoty 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good point, but they legitimately think NATO did some psychic 5D chess to force a war.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

NATO: "We let countries decide for themselves whether they want to join a defence alliance or not."

Russia: "We will not let countries decide for themselves whether they want to leave our circle of influence or not."

Yeah, next level tactics by NATO.

Edit: counties

[–] Maggoty 9 points 1 year ago

Nooooo you don't understand!11! If Russia lets them make their choice then NATO and the EU gives them unfair things like free access to the world economy! NATO and the EU aren't playing fair. And obviously their long standing offer to Russia to knock out it off and join the world economy is just a trap!