Capitalism is a fucking shit show, but tankies legit confuse the hell out of me. I'd compare them to flat earthers where my first reaction is, "that's sort of funny, but those people don't actually exist, do they?"
It's part LARP, part psyop, part finding belonging in tribalism.
So much scorn towards redditors and right-wingers (for a reason of course), BUT they still act like r/politicalcompassmemes and the_donald, qanonists etc. in a meta role.
"We're just joking with the racism and totalitarianism because we have a flair/because we play the straw-man communist role"
In the end they just support right-wing dogma inside a caricature of how right-wing propaganda says communism/leftism is.
Sorry for being out of the loop here... What's a tankie?
I can tell you Hexbear is full of people enshrining China as the perfect country (they deny the Uyghur genocide but embrace its dictatorship as ideal) and calling everyone not from Hexbear a "shitlib" regardless of their political views.
Yikes. Okay, thanks. The post makes a lot more sense now
One of the top posts on lemmy.ml got absolutely brigaded by Hexbear users, proving exactly why lemmy.world saw it fit to defederate from them. So much rampant stupidity in that thread. Hexbear users are not on this site to discuss anything in good faith, they are here to brigade and harass.
Lemmy.ml is a tankie space anyway.
Side bar! They are basically red-fascists disguising themselves as communists.
They also hate Jews. So they are basically another flavor of Nazi.
Oops. Forgot about the side bar. Thanks for responding anyway. I appreciate that!
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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?
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Basic Rules:
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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.
Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.
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.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.
You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
