They then complain and call everything they hate tankie

  • Rom [he/him]English
    70•29 days ago

    Hah no. Tankies want him elected.

    IDK which tankies you are seeing, but the ones on Lemmy are Russian trolls who very clearly favor Donald Trump

    The tankies I see on Lemmy are Zionist trolls who deny Genocide and favor Joe Biden.

    Just making it all up as they go along.

    • ComradeSharkfuckerEnglish
      21•29 days ago

      That last one is really something. I am so curious as to how they claim to this conclusion.

      Edit: nevermind it is linkerbaan lmao

          • davel [he/him]English
            9•28 days ago

            Their bespoke definition is:

            Basically someone that apologizes for war criminals.

            Its existence stems from people defending the massacre at Tiannenmen square.

            These days tankies appear in many forms. On Lemmy most commonly as people such as OP apologizing for Joe Biden being complicit in Genocide.

            It’s been pointed out to them that “tankie” predates the Tiananmen riots by a generation, but they persist with their pet definition, which literally no one shares.

            Mostly they seem to use it to mean anyone who has in any way supported any genocide, including any apologia or denial. And they believe in a genocidal Holomodor & Uyghurmodor as much as in the German Nazi ones & the ongoing one in Gaza.

            If lemmy.world weren’t defederated from Hexbear, I would ask them to confirm.

            Edit to add: they seem to flip-flop on whether or not Uyghurs have been / are being genocided both-sides