MeanwhileOnGrad
"Oh, this is calamity! Calamity! Oh no, he's on the floor!"
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
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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 it 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.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post, rather than engaging in arguments that lack mutual agreement.
Brigading — If you're here because this community was linked in another thread, please refrain from voting, commenting, or manipulating the post in any way. This includes alt accounts. All votes are public, and if you are found to be brigading, you will be banned.
Tankies can explain their views, but may be criticised or challenged for them. Any minor infraction of the rules may result in a warning and possibly a temporary ban.
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 last only 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction doubles the duration. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
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In the screenshot, an infamous tankie from ML is calling MeanwhileOnGrad a Nazi bar.
Oh... it honestly didn't even occur to me that anyone might be using "Nazi bar" in any sense other than talking about dbzer0 here, simply because that is precisely what is happening to them which it sounds like db0 is realizing.
My bad. Cowbee is out of his damn mind although I guess that's not new. I honestly don't even know what he's trying to get at there, I guess it could be some kind of Karl Rove tactic where they simply pick things they've been accused of and repeat the accusation back at the accusers without it really needing to make any sense. But regardless, it's still relevant that "Nazi Bar" has nothing to do with literal Nazis. They don't need to be accusing MOG of being Nazis for the analogy to hold (although like I say I have absolutely no idea what the logic would be under which it would).
I like to think of this behaviour as a cargo cult. Just repeating stuff without any understanding of the underlying meaning. The idiots on /r/T_D used to do that and it's very common with tankies too.
You are a Zionist front. The community contributors and moderator parrot debunked Israeli propaganda, and conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
The particular term might not be my own way of describing the community, but it is generally an accurate observation that you dwell in a rabbit hole of reactionary misinformation.
You keep saying debunked, debunked, debunked... But you've actually yet to do so.
Because you know it's gonna be something like "you said Hamas raped people on Oct 7 -- the first rape actually occured at 12:01 on Oct 8, you ZIONIST SHILL"
SHE DESERVED IT, SHE'S A COLONISER
No, you're a Zionist front. And you're transphobic.