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jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I’ve been in Lemmy for almost 2 years since the API migration, and I don’t know if I’ve ever encountered a tankie, despite seeing hundreds of memes about them.
I’m guessing my instance just doesn’t federate with the same weird shit y’all are seeing?
It depends on your instance. I was originally on .lm when they first federated with Hexbear about a year ago and got piled on by like 40 when they thought I was criticizing communism when I wasn’t and I also got banned for the sin of replying to them. The reason for banning was “troll”. Lmao
I even got ratio’d by someone downplaying the events of the Tiananmen Square. That’s when I knew I was up to my waist.
I have been here about as long, though it doesn’t feel like two years. I’ve decided it’s probably how some people interpret left of center views.
Kind of like how my parents seem to interpret feminist as misandrist hell bent of world domination and not people who think compensation should be equal.
Either that or people hearing such and such communist country was right about X and interpreting it as that country was right about everything.
It seems like some thought terminating bullshit to me, but like you, maybe I’ve just not happened across this terrible scourge on Lemmy.
I am a communist. Tankies are a thing. Russia is an Imperialist nation. Saying this in a lot of places will get me banned.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 days ago
.ml and hexbear are the tankie community.
They used to have a lot of popular communities on there, but they have driven most of them off their space into other instances by now.
If you imply that Putin or Xi are dictators you will get banned from those spaces.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
i don’t want to encourage bothering people in other instances, but getting banned from hexbear feels kind of like getting banned from thedonald. Not quite the badge of honor you’d hope. Like, cool and all but what were you doing there in the first place.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well they aren’t.
Both countries have elections. (unlike ukraine BTW that without the excuse of war banned almost every party and put political opponents in jail)
It’s a ridiculous cartoon villain propaganda name.
Like every country the west doesn’t like needs to be called a regime.
Annoying
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Did you hear what happened to Alexei Navalny? How anyone can think that Russia is not a kleptocratic dictatorship is beyond me.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The racist and fascist criminal, filmed with an MI6 agent talking about causing triouble?
The one that made videos of him shooting “vermin” muslims, organised fascist marches and other awful stuff?
Yes, he was poisoned by his Brit handler on the plane, I know.
Not as funny as the the Skripal joke. OC it has to be novishok, LOL
I’m not sure you really know what happened to all these people
Did you hear what happened to Epstein, Gary Webb, Assange or the plenty whistleblowers?
Where in Russia is Guantanamo?
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So when does someone besides Putin or Xi get “elected”?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
when people choose to.
When does someone from outside the D/R uniparty get elected in the US?
They have been in charge for literal centuries.
But that’s normal for the banana republic apparently.
shortrounddev@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol. Lmao, even
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Putin and Xi are dictators in the same way that Trump is trying to be. They consolidated power under their office, removing term limits and checks, and manipulate the democratic process in their favor (often with blatant ballot stuffing and crushing opposition, in the case of Putin).
The US political system, as corrupt as it is, isn’t quite to that point yet.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m sure you have proof of your fantasy tales.
I’ll wait for it (and never hear from you again)