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What's a "tankie" instance?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
More generally, a tankie is someone who tends to support "militant opposition to capitalism", and a more modern online variation, which means "something like 'a self-proclaimed communist who indulges in conspiracy theories and whose rhetoric is largely performative.'" He was critical of both uses.[21] The Intercept journalist Roane Carey identified the "key element in the tankie mindset [as] the simple-minded assumption that only the United States can be imperialist, and thus any country that opposes the U.S. must be supported."[22]
Tankies on lemmy.ml and hexbear tend to support all authoritarian communists from Stalin to Mao. They defend Russia and hate Ukraine. They defend Hamas (not just supporting Palestinian civilians but the Hamas organization too). They defend everything China does. They deny the existence of many of the atrocities committed by any country in opposition to the US.
Thanks for the explanation. I'd never heard it before and assumed it was a lemmy thing.
I wish
Hexbear, lemmy.ml and lemmygrad are the main Tankie instances
Are drawings real?
Ah! Classic.
Their moral stance was manufactured, don't think for a second any of these dishonest pricks believe their own lies.
Tankies have historically opposed porn for being harmful to people and probably considered it a form of bourgeois hedonism or decadence.
they love hentai though
They're hypocrites if not rabid anti US imperialists.
What happened? Just looks like an accusation
couldn't find any evidence of them defending CP, that's an accusation from the tankies there.
But here's the context for the transphobia https://sh.itjust.works/post/23147589?scrollToComments=true
Yeah that's crazy but there's lots of crazy people in this world.
Ah good, let them work out their differences and the adults will continue on unaffected
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2024
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Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.
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Basic Rules:
Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.
Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.
Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.
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Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.
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