Authoritarian "leftists" who really like soviet Russia, North Korea, China, or even modern Russia. Often will unconditionally support any country that fights against the US, on the theory that the US is so evil that anyone who's against them must be good. They'll get incredibly offended if you say that those countries are in any way not 100% perfect.
It was their self-descriptor until they learned other leftists didn’t like them much (because they’re authoritarian and supportive of fascist dictators such as Putin), and naming them using their self designated term meant they were excluded from other leftists. So they started taking offense.
Mmm, maybe originally or theoretically, but not in practice. At least not online, or not in Lemmy. Usually what I've seen is the word used by someone who can't accept the realities of Western supremacy and American imperialism and feels your "criticism" and moral judgement of it is too harsh.
Dunno. I see the type who tries to push another type of supremacy and imperialism as some kind of an alternative, don't care what shorthand term they have
Go to settings and you can block the entire instance
When their admin gets bored, they ban anyone they disagree with. You don't even have to interact with them, they just browse and remove anything not toeing the instance line:
Some authoritarian dictatorships are actually totally rad guys!
Yes, the place is a joke, everyone gets banned from there one way or another. Even fellow communists. Rule one "Be nice" actually means "be nice to tyrant dictators".
The West is Zionist tolerant in general and we're in Western online communities so it's expected. Nonetheless, the fact that even a small group of Westerners would denounce Western supremacy and surrounding narratives as often as I see it here is both surprising and really sweet, it keeps me hopeful.
That's a bit too much. 4 comments? Maybe you're just not in your comfort zone. If you want full on Western propaganda and narratives, I swear Reddit is gonna feel very comfy.
36 Comments
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 48 pts · 185d
lemmy.ml is the tankie instance.
It's one sided by design, because tankies only know of one way to deal with anyone who disagrees with them.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 24 pts · 185d
Banned. Rule 1.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 184d
Oh hi, Dessalines
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 10 pts · 184d
One of the tankie instances*
devolution@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 184d
Tankies are the leftist equivalent of MAGA.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · -14 pts · 185d
Tankie? Is this a new racial slur I'm not aware of?
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 36 pts · 184d
Authoritarian "leftists" who really like soviet Russia, North Korea, China, or even modern Russia. Often will unconditionally support any country that fights against the US, on the theory that the US is so evil that anyone who's against them must be good. They'll get incredibly offended if you say that those countries are in any way not 100% perfect.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 5 pts · 184d
It's campist bullshit.
Iunnrais@piefed.social · 14 pts · 184d
It was their self-descriptor until they learned other leftists didn’t like them much (because they’re authoritarian and supportive of fascist dictators such as Putin), and naming them using their self designated term meant they were excluded from other leftists. So they started taking offense.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 184d
Can't believe lemmyers would be so bigoted
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -20 pts · 184d
Even Ameribots know "commie" is very "Red Scare" and outdated so they're using that word now. It just means "commie" for this new generation.
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 184d
Nah they harass commies, so basically tankie means anti-commie
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 184d
Mmm, maybe originally or theoretically, but not in practice. At least not online, or not in Lemmy. Usually what I've seen is the word used by someone who can't accept the realities of Western supremacy and American imperialism and feels your "criticism" and moral judgement of it is too harsh.
greenbit@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 184d
Dunno. I see the type who tries to push another type of supremacy and imperialism as some kind of an alternative, don't care what shorthand term they have
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 185d
.ml is the russian agitprop instance. Getting banned there is a Lemmy right of passage. Congrats!
Edit: 2 years? Took you long enough. ;)
unstoppableforskin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 185d
You give me too much credit. Ive made like 10 comments on there and finally got an account banned
grandel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 184d
Not everybody on .ml is a tankie. I joined waaay before the reddit API thing and back then .ml was like one of three available instances.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 184d
My guess is to stop everyone else from blocking the instance. They have to claim a few non psycho users.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 185d
Lol
Go to settings and you can block the entire instance
When their admin gets bored, they ban anyone they disagree with. You don't even have to interact with them, they just browse and remove anything not toeing the instance line:
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 184d
Lmfao
You could be a diaspora criticizing the CCP and they'll call you a "Sinophobe" 🤣
daggermoon@piefed.world · 3 pts · 184d
Fuck is a sinophobe?
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 184d
Fear of China:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sinophobe
daggermoon@piefed.world · 5 pts · 184d
Ah, thanks. Today I learned.
variablenine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 184d
Context clues
Iconoclast@feddit.uk · 19 pts · 184d
.ml stands for marxist-leninist. Yes it's one sided - by design.
daggermoon@piefed.world · 21 pts · 184d
Karl Marx would call them fucking idiots.
VoiHyvaLuojaMitaNyt@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 184d
And they would ban him for that
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 11 pts · 184d
And told him to read more theory!
iatenine@piefed.social · 13 pts · 184d
Right now?
sefra1@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 184d
Yes, the place is a joke, everyone gets banned from there one way or another. Even fellow communists. Rule one "Be nice" actually means "be nice to tyrant dictators".
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 184d
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 184d
I don't know what you really expected posting comments like that.
brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 184d
Naw it’s not one sided, you just didn’t hear about the guy who got banned for accusing 4 people of being CIA agents.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 184d
Nah thats just the internet
mrdown@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 185d
Ml is pro russia and china. Almost the rest of the instsnces are zionist tolerant. Really shameful
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 184d
The West is Zionist tolerant in general and we're in Western online communities so it's expected. Nonetheless, the fact that even a small group of Westerners would denounce Western supremacy and surrounding narratives as often as I see it here is both surprising and really sweet, it keeps me hopeful.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 185d
That's a bit too much. 4 comments? Maybe you're just not in your comfort zone. If you want full on Western propaganda and narratives, I swear Reddit is gonna feel very comfy.