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[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I did.

Nazi bar anecdote. If you're serving tankies, you're a tankie.

[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So lemmy.world is tankie for being federated with ML?

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

No, because lemmy.world regularly pushes back against Tankies. Db0 defends them, and even supports their views, such as genocide denialism.

[–] FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

It really depends who you’re talking about really.

fxomt and cryptagion are quite far from tankies.

I’ve posted plenty of anti-tankie memes in !flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and got comments of support from dbzer0 himself.

So I think your whole characterisation is lacking a bit of nuance.

Like here’s how dbzer0 reacted to my anti-uyghur genocide denial meme https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/19511364

Anyways. This convo doesn’t seem particularly fruitful. So I’m gonna disengage I think.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

fxomt and cryptagion are quite far from tankies.

Fxomt upvotes Uyghur genocide denial and openly praises Soviet apologists and Hexbear.

Like here’s how dbzer0 reacted to my anti-uyghur genocide denial meme https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/19511364

Many of the outright genocide-denialist comments there are highly upvoted.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Here's an experiment for you then. Go into a post that's critical of tankies or communsim and ping Devals, Cowabee, Diva or the multitude of tankies. See what happens. Watch as your instance bends over for them.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Ping them. I already made a nice, attractive Tiananmen Square massacre. They love denying that, or rather you also love denying that, being a tankie.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The tiananmen square massacre happened.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

no shit it happened. Go and convince your tankie ilk that it happened and that China was authoritarian.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The tiananmen square massacre happened.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago

no shit it happened. Go and convince your tankie ilk that it happened and that China was authoritarian.

[–] FlexiBox@feddit.org -5 points 5 days ago

Lemmy world spent the last two years manufacturing consent for a genocide

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago

There's some users who don't. Tankie bar.