and this is why almost every instance defederates from them, they will literally crawl into your instance and brigade/gaslight you. You aren't allowed to do the same.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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They get so used to walking around in IRL getting to flex the accepted "moral" high ground. that they forget online people may be more disagreeable.
What fucking moral high ground?
Copypasta for your meal:
Go ahead liberals. Call me a tankie. See if I give one ten thousandth of a fuck. Literally such a low-tier insult. “Uhh its like… uh…you support this large cool looking machine that stopped Color Revolutions and was responsible for Liberating the Eastern Front during World War II” “Yea, I do😐” “😨”
(The Soviets were also responsible for the Holodomor)
Stalin didn't invent ethnic cleansing, but he damn near perfected it. Nice to the see the Chinese are keeping the spirit alive despite Mao detesting Stalin. 😏
Don’t forget - although the Soviets paid an enormous price in lives to defeat the Nazis in the east, they were only able to do so because of lend-lease. The US and UK poured billions in aid into the USSR - tanks, trucks, ammo, fuel, food, medicine, etc.
I'm new here, who or what does "tankie" refer to?