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[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yes, a swarm of tankies from the same instance(hexbear) descending upon the same thread with the same opinions, and spamming images, totally not brigading.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

It literally isn't, and if you actually learned how federation works, rather than assuming everything works like reddit, you'd know that

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

It's a communist instance with very few other instances federated, what the fuck do you expect? The CPC doesn't give a shit about either of us, you aren't involved in some YA dystopia story by posting.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

The only spam-like opinions I'm seeing are all the same stale old forms of apologia for the world-strangling US Empire, and the same old stale racism and homophobia from scratched liberals.

[–] saltedFish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They're just a bunch of harmless china apologists. Pretend taiwan isn't a country and they'll leave you alone

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Hey now. Don't be mean. We're not apologizing. We're cheerleading. Being the only country in the world to meaningfully reduce extreme poverty is a hell of a thing.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So the DPR and LPR are independent countries, right?

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

"Yes, but if they invite allied troops into their country it stills counts as an invasion of Ukraine. What do you mean that isn't independence? "