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minus-squareXIIIesqlinkEnglish5•4 months agoWhy is this getting downvoted? arrow-up15arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoTankies arrow-up13arrow-down11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareXIIIesqlinkEnglish1•4 months agoI don’t think that liking the ideals of communism means that you want to bury all Putin related news or even that you support Putin at all. Russia hasn’t been communist for a very long time. arrow-up12arrow-down11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareRubberDucklinkEnglish4•4 months agoBut the tankies on Lemmy are just bootlickers of a different kind of boot. They prefer the authoritarian and totalitarian version. arrow-up14arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareXIIIesqlinkEnglish2•4 months agoI keep hearing about all the tankies here, but I’ve never actually encountered one. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareRubberDucklinkEnglish1•4 months agoBe glad, I’d say. arrow-up11arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Why is this getting downvoted?
Tankies
I don’t think that liking the ideals of communism means that you want to bury all Putin related news or even that you support Putin at all. Russia hasn’t been communist for a very long time.
But the tankies on Lemmy are just bootlickers of a different kind of boot. They prefer the authoritarian and totalitarian version.
I keep hearing about all the tankies here, but I’ve never actually encountered one.
Be glad, I’d say.