And tankies continue to bitch more about liberals than the far-right nazis actually destroying society.
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Lol, lmao even. Guess you're just gonna ignore the reason I made this post, NSPM-7....
Well you know if tankies had voted or not voted for Jill Stein, they'd be taken more serious. But they keep wanting to die on the Gaza hill with moral superiority, not focusing on all of the other horrific shit their righteousness has allowed.
Also, Trump's attacks on the left are because he needs a scapegoat.
I voted blue.... The only elections that 3rd parties can build momentum with are local elections and slowly building up to national representation.
What is a tankie?
Think maga, but somehow "socialist" and really, really likes China (and usually Russia) and will wave away any negative points about them. Overall, pretty annoying.
Edit: For more examples, just read the OP's comments. Not even joking, they're pretty decent examples of how tankies talk, if you see them outside of their native habitat (ie .ml).
Once more, but in your best David Attenborough voice.
"Here we have the common Tankie, one of Lemmy's more interesting denizens. Watch as they futility claim the superiority of communist China and rage at any mention that their utopian ideal has even a pastina of tarnish..."
pastina
It's got a nice rigatoni sheen.
Oh wow, hadn't even noticed that autocorrect messed that up.
:D :D
An authoritarian "communist."
The term originated in England, after the USSR sent in tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Those who supported the USSR - who believed that people should be forced to submit to a "communist" system under threat of death at the hands of an authoritarian government - were, and still are, called "tankies."
Pro-China/Russia/NK trolls who are only capable of black and white thinking, and bad faith arguments. "Oh look, here is one single, specific subject in which the USA has done a bad job, while China has done a good job. See western liberals, China is a superior nation."
They completely ignore that any country is capable of doing good things, and bad things, despite how evil said country may or may not be.
They have a copy paste playbook they share with each other, with replies such as "you're wrong because western propaganda."
Better to not waste time, block them, and never look back.