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Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
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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.
Do they know how Stalin and present-day China treat the intellectually and learning disabled?
like dudes, you're not really in a position to be pioneering autism recognition.
I would be down to join this c/ and contribute, but every time I read the word “Tankie” I think it’s reductive and meaningless. Much like when they say liberal.
Fuck Putin, fuck CCP, and fuck those authoritarian bootlickers. I just think the term Tankie is outdated and falls so flat.
Tankie pisses them off, which is why I use it.
What would you suggest instead?
I don’t know tbh. I know that it’s not helpful to make a critique and not offer an alternative . I guess I feel like it feels like when republicans call people snowlfakes, wokies, soyboys. And they do it for the same reason.
I think of them as:
Faux commie edgelords.
Desperate contrarians.
Putin apologists.
CCP bootlickers.
I think it really depends on the context.
Tankie is a political ideology, though. Don't think soyboy is a political ideology.
Either way~ You can always make your own posts if you want! c:
In the context of modern history it’s really not. Tankie is meaningless because the states they defend aren’t even the same states that they were when Tankie as a term was coined.
Russia is right wing Christian authoritarian oligarchy. Ran by men who yacht around the French Riviera.
China is a authoritarian mega corporatocracy that sells its shares on Wall Street, and makes iPhones for the biggest American corporation.
Those people on that /c don’t have an ideology, aside from hating the west.
There are definitions and explanations of what tankies are on the sidebar.
🤔 How about redfash? Associate them with something they hate and is universally hated?
Tanktards also works. Exploit their weird hypocrisy with name-calling.
You’re thinking combining the word “retard” with tank is a good approach? We’re not going to do well.