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The discourse around this is frankly unhinged (i.ibb.co)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Even if you disagree with them, Trotskyists are not tankies, simple Marxists aren't tankies, leftists curious and exploring different theories aren't tankies, and ffs anarchists like myself are not tankies.

I feel like "tankie" indicated a very specific worldview at one time, but it's been used lately a lot to mean things like "doesn't agree with nations supporting oppression and inequity up to and including genocide" -- which is drastically at odds with how I've seen the term used in the past, no?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

https://lemmy.ml/comment/11454789

That might not work, here's the thread: https://lemmy.zip/post/16774498

Here's the comment:

Taliban is a very admirable group in their fight against a foreing invader. If you want people there to have a mentality that no longer condems individuals for their sexuality, they need to develop economically first. I think its naive to belive that an agricultural country set back in development many years by a foreing invasion will have any kind of progressive mindset. And no ecomic development will occur under invasion and war. So if theres any chance for a progressive mindset to come for the people there in the future, its path starts with the fight taliban did, even if they are against it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mod the comm and it has been removed now o7

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I thought I had reported it when first encountered, but I'm still using the eternity client, so maybe it didn't work or something, but thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you. While I get their point, saying "Taliban is a very admirable group" is definitely taking it too far, especially in that context. Reported it fwiw.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I mod that comm and it has been removed o7, thanks for reporting it