• Vespair@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Are there tankies? Yes, absolutely. That being said, is the term “tankie” being thrown around way too cavalierly and dismissively on Lemmy? Ab-so-fucking-lutely.

    I thought reddit was into assigning labels to people dismissively, but holy shit it’s on another level here on Lemmy.

    Just like how not everyone who disagreed with you on Reddit was a Nazi, not everyone who says something you dislike on Lemmy is a tankie

    edit: small typo

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      10 months ago

      Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to communists who express support for one-party communist regimes

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie?wprov=sfla1

      I see way to much stuff which fits in the “tankie” category.in my honest and earnest opinion I think these people are entitled to an opinion I also believe that these people are able to express that opinion but so are the hundreds of other communities that these people may not like I see some of these tankies not exclusively tankiesvictimising some of the Christian communities here on lemmy this is an example from a little research and speaking to some these people from these communities I’m sure there’s many more examples

      Edit : this was on top page on ml not surprising considering its an ml domain but still

      https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/3bd8dae8-ba7b-45b1-8eff-f9bba4d69f51.jpeg