MeanwhileOnGrad
"Oh, this is calamity! Calamity! Oh no, he's on the floor!"
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.
(caution of biased source)
Basic Rules:
Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.
Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.
Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.
Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.
Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.
You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
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They explain in the post? Just randomly found a comm from it, and didn't realize that Hexbear was.. well, hexbear.
Yeah, and I suppose that seeing their support for the LGBTQ+ community for example, it just doesn't click that they could be supportive of the other things they support. Russia notably outlawed "the LGBT movement" as extremism and prohibited transitioning before Trump did the same in the US. So while I had an understanding of what a tankie is, that contradiction worked against me and must have made me think those people could be reasoned with on other issues.
Yeah, Hexbear cannot be reasoned with. There's a handful of people from that instance that will be polite about it- there were users I didn't mind when we used to be federated with them. The vast majority are going to be incredibly condescending while they post awful reaction images.
I accidentally skipped over the text
My bad