• bucho@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I think that it’s interesting that tankies call themselves tankies in memes, and yet will get all bent out of shape if non-tankies refer to them as tankies. Like, I understand coopting hurtful terms as a sort of reclamation of the power of language… but really? Tankies is the term you want to reclaim? You want to associate yourself with authoritarian regimes using tanks to crush protestors? Alright, then.

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      1 year ago

      It’s the same as any extremist. When someone they deem lesser calls them what they are, they become offended, but when it’s themselves, it’s fine.

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        1 year ago

        our culture

        You don’t have a culture, you have a eclectic group of dregs that can’t handle your reality.

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        LOL wut? Fuckin’ Tankies and making shit up. Can anybody name a more iconic duo? The protestors were pro-democracy and were shot / squished by the CCP. It wasn’t even that long ago, either. Only, what, 34 years? Amazing how much people can twist shit in such a short period of time.

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        That would explain why there is a video of the protesters singing “L’internacional”…but it’s still authoritarian repression.

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    1 year ago

    The meme is saying liberals will work with fascists to stamp out communism, which is true. It’s not saying they are literally the same thing. Do we need a basic literacy class for memes now?

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      1 year ago

      And Communists, such as the Soviet Union, did work along with Fascism until Germany didn’t want to share Poland.

      also like how you ignored progressives