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[–] LordBelphegor@lemm.ee 96 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tankies forget that the CCP is against the lgbtq.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 year ago

nooo, they remove gay scenes because it's uhhh... western propaganda, something something, america bad, something cia

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw one of them claiming China was more LGBT friendly than the use the other day and it took me a second to process that they were being completely serious.

[–] cosmicboi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After hearing what China did to the Uyghur (sp?) people, this is not surprising at all

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They believe that’s a hoax.

[–] cosmicboi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Tankies, keep up.

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I wish they'd just go to China by themselves so we may never hear from them again.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago

"N-no, you see, they have to censor us because we're Western dogs... self-flagellation for the Comrade-Chairman will redeem us of our sin of birth!"

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Useful idiots are like chained guard dogs. They belong outside the house.

[–] aport@programming.dev 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That website is CIA propaganda! But also it's a good thing and China's firewall is necessary to prevent the poison of western ideology from ruining glorious CPC!

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

north korea is a paradise!

[–] Epicurus0319@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

something something free healthcare that probably exists over there

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now if only dbzer0 would defederate them.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Fingers crossed!

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Not even the ones who's figurative dick they figuratively sucking want them. I wonder why they're not defederated form anywhere yet. (Same with Lemmygrad and to some extend Kbin)

[–] EnglishMobster@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Kbin doesn't have a tankie problem, though?

The guy running Kbin has a reasonable head on his shoulders. I've never seen any problematic folks there. Heck, Kbin is one of the places Beehaw still federates with.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

They're defederated from @lemmy.world and the all feed there is so, so much better for it.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, Kbin? Kbin is pretty normie. I should know, I generally stick to Kbin mags.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

That’s because they’re not communists. They’re anarchist trolls making fun of everything—including themselves.

[–] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I've gotten serious pushback from them for advancing basic anarchist ideas. The prevailing ideology amongst hexbear users is not anarchist.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah, as an anarchist they are DEFINITELY not anarchists.

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[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmmm. They're not very happy about anarchism either. Accelerationism fits somewhat if one would try to pin it but there's a diverse range of users.

[–] Iunnrais@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As far as I can tell, they’re contrarian authoritarians. That is, they support strongman dictatorships primarily because doing so shocks the sensibilities of and upsets the people around them. It’s childish nonsense without any rigor.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Big time reactionary authoritarians. They just absorbed some Lenin somehow and are trying to be "based".

[–] cacheson@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re anarchist trolls

Maybe a few, but there's no reason to think that there's any more than that, let alone a majority. There's no shortage of actual tankies in the world, so why should hexbear be some elaborate ruse?

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please don't lump anarchists in with those Stalin worshipping crazies.

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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some of them hate anarchism.

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[–] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Ah I see hexbear has gone from alt right trolls to anarchist trolls now

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