this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
49 points (91.5% liked)

The Democratic People's™ Republic of Tankiejerk

732 readers
261 users here now

Dunking on Tankies from a leftist, anti-capitalist perspective.

Rules:

  1. Be civil and no bigotry of any kind.
  2. No tankies or right-wingers. Liberals are allowed so long as they are aware of this
  3. No genocide denial

We allow posts about tankie behavior even off fedi, shitposts, and rational, leftist discussion. For a more general community [email protected] is recommended.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

PS: Fuck Zionism, but this is anti semitism.

all 22 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Everything has become virtue signaling. To a point, I get it. But it's like a race to drop the most buzzword-laden, scathing review of anything and everything with, the flimsiest of connections of thought and meaning ever. Rage baiting is an epidemic on all media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Absolutely! The relentless barrage of virtue signaling and rage baiting has reached critical mass, permeating the digital landscape. It's an intricate tapestry of performative activism and social justice hyperbole, where every nuanced narrative gets drowned out by sensationalism. We must champion authentic dialogue and eschew the performative theatrics that fuel this never-ending cycle of moral grandstanding and cognitive dissonance. By fostering genuine empathy and constructive discourse, we can dismantle this pervasive culture of outrage and reestablish a baseline of substantive, meaningful communication.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I couldn't help myself haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's a racist neo-nazi, at least virtue signalling attempts to look moral.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As far as I remember, the ending is all of the survivors honoring Schindler by putting stones on his grave, a Jewish tradition. The grave just happens to be in Israel.

Were they supposed to dig up the body and move it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

According to this idiot - I guess so. Get your shovels out I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We snuck in for the end as kids, after Wayne's World 2 (iirc). We left quickly. Hit harder when we all knew Holocaust survivors and had them in our lives.

Also, told my family about a bunch of stones I found placed when visiting my dad, and we couldn't figure out who it was. So an endearing way to learn he's getting more visitors than we knew!

[–] mindbleach 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, Spielberg doesn't fuck around, when he's feeling serious. Saving Private Ryan opens with an ordeal.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The movie is a beautiful example of how people can change. I guess they’d have preferred if Oscar didn’t listen to his conscience? What a weird fucking take, but hey, they’re hardly the only leftist that’s overly obsessed with purity tests.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I also love the complaint that Jews in a concentration camp have no agency.

That's the fucking point, genius.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people think that you can just form a resistance and fight your way out. Don't give up, and you'll succeed, because you're good and they're evil!

Nevermind that they were kept in conditions to keep them tired, scared, and weak. Nevermind that they had no weapons, and there were armed guards everywhere. Nope, just do like they do in movies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

That’s because they can’t understand anything more complicated than a Marvel movie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man- that went right over my head

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Rambling of a madman - or a very good troll.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people just need a bogeyman and find them wherever they look (or are told to look).

I suspect we’re eventually going to learn that something was fucking with people’s amygdalas during this era. Could just be the propaganda or maybe it’s something chemical.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think a lot of it is simply the human brain has a lot of limitations and we push past them on a daily limit. Our brains are wonderful things that allow us to do a lot but when it comes down to it we are simply not meant to be able to connect to so many people at one time. I think that past a certain point it just breaks a lot of peoples brains to learn about so many terrible things so the brain defaults to finding one thing to blame the problem on.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That user is just mad no one would make out with them during the movie.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Clearly it's the fault of the jews 😤

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thanks random tankie, now you went and made me correlate a beloved cartoon to your usual 'iamverysmart' drival...