this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.

A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.

Please be sure to obscure usernames on posts to prevent doxxing.

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[–] bill_cherno@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

kinda reminds me of how enoughmuskspam
was the only subreddit constantly spamming stuff about him back on reddit

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 12 points 5 months ago

Didn't know this! Time to block that ol' bear then.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Nazis_myth

Though the idea of Hitler being an aggrieved bottom is funny, it probably isn't accurate.

[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 3 points 5 months ago

I was like "wait, what, why that Lemmy app looks familiar?" and after a while I realized...