There’s a difference between being a socialist, and blindly defending authoritarian regimes that claim they are socialist. Those instances earned their reputation for a reason.
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zante@slrpnk.net 20 hours agoAs a socialist, you will understand I’m sure that constant being slurred with “tANkiE” from mostly .world users is very tiring
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
zante@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
Make it a stickie, because barely anyone observes this definition.
I am regularly slurred as Russian bot or a tANkiE when calling for peace and de-escalation of war.
Daily .
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Have you stopped to consider that maybe you’re just an asshole?
No, seriously, you’re whining about being called a tankie when… like dude, you’re a tankie. Half your comments are just bringing up how EU/UK support for Ukraine’s defense is a frivolous waste or similar. I doubt you think of yourself like this but to an outside observer you’re deeply toxic.
zante@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
… the root of the problem is your apparent compulsion to call people “toxic” and “assholes” for having different views.
flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
There’s a huge difference between a tankie and a socialist:
- Socialist supports economic policy aimed at just distribution of resources
- Tankie supports fascist-like authoritarianism under a mask of socialism
zante@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
How you choose define it changes nothing .
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Uh… Yeah, it does. It literally defines the meaning and the context in which the term is used. Thats… that’s how language works.
zante@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
Goodness me, you are being difficult today.
I think you can appreciate, that one user’s definition - no matter how agreeable you and I might find it - speaks to everyone’s definition of the same term.
Especially when we are talking about colloquial slur, like tankie, which isn’t in main dictionaries.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It’s fair to call people who white-wash authoritarianism, genocide and roleplay as communists tankies.
It’s the literal definition of the word.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
They never mentioned you or slrpnk
catloaf@lemm.ee 20 hours ago
Or socialism.
zante@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
They used a political slur against entire servers and on the left, there is a concept of solidarity.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
Solidarity with authoritarians has a long and sordid history of betrayal and being lined up against walls in the end. Anarchists have had to learn that lesson in the most brutal of ways.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yep. They only tolerate you as long as you’re useful. As long as you don’t push back against their mass incarceration, assassination, and even genocide. Authoritarians are authoritarian first. Left or right is a distant afterthought.