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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[โ€“] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

There are far too many comments that just got removed by the moderator! I asked the question, and while I might not agree with all the replies, I was glad that people felt like it was okay to do so.

[โ€“] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 58 seconds ago

Wassa tankie?

[โ€“] BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 29 minutes ago (1 children)

I need my Tankie siblings to look at these comments and tell me it's worth conversing with any of these people lmao, let them play in their own shit. If they'll ever be convinced, the material failures of their worldview will do it for us, if not- the future's ash and fertilizer welcome them.

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

you sound bitter as fuck about it

[โ€“] BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 15 minutes ago (1 children)
[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 minutes ago

try to genuinely understand where your siblings are coming from. you might not change your mind but you will at least be more chill about it.

[โ€“] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 31 minutes ago

It's people who defend Tienanmen square massacre and other atrocities of authoritarian governments in the east. Kinda like wankies who defend, distort and deflect the atrocities of the west.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago
[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

A cute water cistern.

[โ€“] lunatique@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm losing track too. These policial people keep making up terms for the people they disagree with and they keep disagreeing with their own groups so those groups split into new groups and then more terms are needed for those new groups name.

It's childish.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's essentially just the modern day "commie", used to carry out mccarthyite witch-hunting against anyone perceived to be "anti-white".

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

It really is adult name calling, and it further polarizes the political spectrum by naming every single fucking mindset and ideology combination you can think of. It's just not constructive at all.

We need to talk about ideas and issues and how we can understand and compromise for one another.

[โ€“] limer@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 hours ago

A lot of these comments reminds me of people posting on conservative chats asking what a socialist is. About the same amount of mouth foaming.

I would like to remind people about vaccinations against rabies

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