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[–] Auth@lemmy.world 4 points 56 minutes ago

Tankies are going on an insane propaganda blitz these last few years. They are actively undermining good leaders to accelerate towards societal collapse. I was reading a deranged thread on here a few days and these people think exactly the same as MAGA.

[–] tackleberry@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 hour ago

Get outta my swamp!

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I wish I'd see more political Eastern European posts, TBH. Not just Ukraine, but everywhere.

I am but an armchair observer, but my impression is you folks know precisely what happens under Soviet/Russian authority. You lived it. It... seems mixed. I am inclined to listen to whatever the intricacies are more than opinions from some tankie in Idaho.

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

mixed my ass

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Pretty sure I see more posts complaining about "tankies" than I do tankies. More and more as redditors migrate.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 5 hours ago

Silly me. I thought you were a moron or a tankie. Turns out, you're just a troll.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 13 points 6 hours ago (9 children)

I remember hearing this even back in 2023, when it was impossible to avoid tankies playing fucking Holodomor denial and Uyghur Genocide denial. That was back when Hexbear was still more 'active' outside of their circlejerk. So you'll have to forgive me for seeing tankie shite almost every day, and that without even stepping foot into ANY .ml comm, and thinking that maybe complaining about people bootlicking for genocide and capitalist oligarchy because it has a thin coat of red paint is warranted.

[–] Urist@leminal.space 0 points 1 hour ago

The "holodomor" is a neonazi conspiracy theory used to downplay the holocaust.

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[–] HrabiaVulpes@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

Eh, could be worse. You could join Lemmy Europe hoping that it won't be 90% news from USA.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

tankies suck, but this is a non issue

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