I almost chose lemmygrad because I thought it was a funny pun, but then I realised there was meaning behind it…
Wait, what does it mean?
Leningrad probably
Apparently lemmy.ml has tankie admins: https://lemmy.ml/post/1167199
Some of those comments are mega-yikes
As far as doing stuff on the fediverse, they largely don’t matter.
But they would definitely say something about the user. I’m not going to be surprised if someone (correctly) thinks I am a furry, coming from Yiffit.
Exactly. I’m bland for being from world. .ml is pretty tanky, but I can appreciate a lot they’ve got, and there’s a few others where I’ll think something of you if I notice your instance
Eh it’s easy to just end up there bc they’re the devs, not realizing the politics
Well, what is a tankie
A person who justifies communist dictatorship invasions and genocides, and also propagates their propaganda.
So… The same as a conservative, but for the left side? 🤔
Exactly. If I were to armchair psychoanalyze them, I’d say they’re probably the same sorts of people who become alt-right, except on the left. Blatant black-and-white thinking. Treating absolutely everything as a team sport. Eschewing all nuance. Having a weird sense of nationalism for dictatorships that commit genocides and human rights abuses. Obsession with some grand “conspiracy” involving “elites” holding society back from prosperity. Blaming LGBT and other perceived “degenerates” for being privileged elites also holding society back from prosperity somehow. Tendency to simp for strong-men and dictators.
They fit a lot of Umberto Eco’s 14 signs of fascism.
It’s the new word for “commie” that I’ve only ever seen on Lemmy. I’m guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.
‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…
Not new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.
I’ve seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.
NGL most the rain I chose a mostly trans community. Cis myself but at least I know I’ll avoid most of the goobers I encountered in Reddit.
Where instance? There instance.
I have tankie tendencies.
