this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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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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Oh well I know what one is after my first day here for sure. Lol
Did you have the misfortune of joining lemmygrad or lemmy.ml?
Nope. Lemmy.world. but I meandered over to take a look out of curiosity. People are fascinating. I'm interested in how they think and how they have come to their conclusions, the nitty gritty stuff really peaks my interest, but I'd still like to think I'd call bullshit when I see it (:
So you willingly dove head first into the tankie hellhole? wow, must take some special curage.
Yea I was sort of curious. I like to at least know what these people are thinking if I'm gonna talk shit. And talk shit I will. (:
Thats a good idea, if you find anything extra incriminating be sure to post a screenshot here, this community is for that, though i recommend you censor usernames to protect their privacy.