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There was a wave of tankie on Reddit and here during the reddexit. It was like, “where the fuck did stalin/mao/pol pot loving, atrocity denying weirdos come from en masse?” But you’re right the shock was bigger than the phenomenon.
The commies were here first—we created Lemmy, lol
Big difference between being a commie and being an atrocity-denying commie that has no sense of historical perspective.
I challenge you to find a single person anywhere on Lemmygrad or Hexbear who expressed a favorable opinion of Pol Pot.
Hehehe, thank you. EDIT: I didn't realize that Pol Pot's atrocities in trying to convert Cambodia into an agrarian communist paradise were not the right kind of atrocities for standard tankies.
This could be a moment for you to realize you don't know what leftists actually believe, but I'm getting the sense you won't.
Leftists or tankies? I'm talking about those that pretend Stalin and Mao didn't murder millions of people in pursuit of their communist state, while creating a corrupt one party government of haves. There's a difference between leftists and tankies.
Case in point, lol.
What is your argument?
LOL how about enlightening me instead of being a coy fuck?
Thank you for your service; now move along.
Smh more settler colonialism
Wtf, lmao. The only people calling pol pot communist are liberals.
No one called them communist here, they are just calling out people who are apologists for genocide.
TIL Marxist-Leninists (which Pol Pot was) are not communist.