Just blocked lemmy.ml from my Lemmy account, and I swear to god it's one of the best things I've ever done on this platform. My homepage feels actually clean now.

For the past few months I'd been seeing a lot of tankie posting and pretty much far-left propaganda on my feed. It got tiring enough that I finally checked my blocked-user list, and realized pretty much everyone I'd blocked was from lemmy.ml. So I just blocked the whole instance instead.

Saying this as someone who considers themselves a leftist: I used to think Lemmy itself was an echo chamber. Turns out lemmy.ml was the problem the entire time. Probably the reason I tolerated it for so long is that I agreed with a lot of what they posted, but like an oversaturated meme, I'd had enough. Browsing the platform was starting to feel way too tiring instead of fun, which defeats the point of being here in the first place.

The breaking point was seeing some dude post a "meme" implying North Korea and China are basically communist utopias and that the West sucks. I mean, the West does suck, but come on - you're saying North Korea is the ideal the West should strive for? What the hell...

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[–] TheLegendaryAssholeOfJushinLiger@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What? Tankie is a term that came around to disparage communists who sided with the USSR in sending tanks to Hungary. It specifically means authoritarian Stalinish stuff

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody in the year 2026 is using the word tankie in the context of the internal disagreement between British Trotskyists and Khrushchevists about the Hungarian uprising in the 1950s. Even you immediately - one sentence later - pivot to claiming it must means "authoritarian Stalinish stuff", which is both incredibly vague and has nothing to do with the Hungarian revolution; a term that can be used for anyone to the left of the western Overton window.

[–] TheLegendaryAssholeOfJushinLiger@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I see why people block y'all. No. No one calls anarchists tankies. Confabulate as much as you want. It means what it means, and has meant since its inception. People like you, probably. And you fucking know it.

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Lol like everyone in here complaining and blocking, when you were presented with facts, your true colors came out.

Softer than baby shit.

[–] StankStain@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

lol all he did was disagree with you relax

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

I see why people block y’all. No.

Oh no! Someone disagrees with you! Better reach for that block button! That'll show them.

No one calls anarchists tankies

Yes they do. All the time. Ask me how I know.

Confabulate as much as you want.

Go back to reddit

It means what it means, and has meant since its inception.

You don't seriously believe that the word tankie, in this day and age, is only used to refer to people who support Khrushchev sending tanks into Hungry half a century ago. So you're just undeniably being willfully dishonest now. And for what? What is the point about lying about this?

People like you, probably. And you fucking know it.

I was not born for several decades when the Hungarian revolt occurred and have no real opinion on it, so no, I don't "fucking know it", I know you're fucking wrong, and are trying to cover that up with impotent aggression.