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The DM was a DM asking us to change our no tankies policy and remove the fuck tankies banner as it was apparently upsetting hexbear users. Apparently tankies view the word tankie as a form of slur. The admin wants us to ally as a form of "left solidarity"

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[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago

I agree with not tolerating tankies.

This seems a little.... dramatic, however. Please take care of yourself - I know how drama can be and if you are anything like me the urge to reply ASAP can cause anxiety and stress and taking time to breathe may be helpful. Especially with tankies and a more general variety of internet folks who can make people feel the need to constantly watch anything you say cus they tend to pick up on some tiny thing and run with it or engage in bad faith :/ nya

[–] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago

"Tankies" is used to mean several different things, from the horrible pro-Putin stuff over on lemmygrad to anything left of liberal. I'm reminded of how the right wing of the UK labour party called their sabotage of Corbyn "Trot hunting"

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 years ago (19 children)

Moss don't be leaking DM's in the future. You need to be tactical to be socially responsible. You could ask us - should we remove the banner? Or make a post saying that it may be upsetting Hexbears. I think the sentiment would have gone absolutely the same without showing your cards.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Dude can post anything sent to him

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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I want less politics in my feed and I'm tired of their veiled attempt to put more in mine

(which includes politics from this community)I came here for memes that are positive LGBTQ, not memes that are negative against other people (by politics, I mean negative posts)

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I should also probably mention that I am not pro-tankie, putin's invasion is a horrifying massacre and should be treated as such

I suppose there's a struggle in my head between not wanting negative content in my feed, and actively wanting to know about and help with issues, as well as wanting to address those working against what I care about (i.e. tankies)

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[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Hexbears are depleting their year's supply of copium. Oh, I just remembered: I joined this instance because of Vaush.

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