Had some fun with this. Rules:
- When a tankie post comes up, post a legitimate, fair argument. Do not argue in bad faith. No matter how nasty the post may be. Legitimately combat the disinformation there by going into their bubble and posting a sane response.
- Watch the responses come in. Especially if the post is on the tankie triad.
- Don't feed the trolls. Don't respond to anything, unless there is actually a legitimate attempt to have a legitimate discussion. Otherwise, start a game of tankie bingo to help prevent yourself from responding to the madness.
Suggestions for expansion welcome.
I don't get why these people can't change their views once presented with evidence that contradicts their worldview. I used to think Tank Man turned into a pancake, then I saw the full video and read lots of articles from several perspectives, read on-the-ground reports, etc. I'm not denying it was a tragic event but I'm also not going to sit here and say "CCP bad!" for a few reasons:
I know, insert False Witnesses here. I just wish people would learn that we're not gung-ho about this stuff. The big difference between me and you Mr. Lib is I apply more critical thinking and am willing to conclude "it's not that simple".
Is this an autism thing to dig deeper into history? Are most people happy living with surface-level knowledge of countries they don't live in? Which OK fine... I don't know much about the NFL but you don't see me vehemently defending the Eagles' conversion rate because I wouldn't know what I'm talking about!
I don't think it's an autism thing but I'm a fellow autist that finds this pattern of behavior extremely frustrating.
You'd think they would recognise that this counts as "nuance" but "nuance" is when you say "Enemies of the US bad and irredeemable cartoon villains, but US isn't perfect either, so I'm not biased."