• Roundcat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I have seen my fair share of tankies here, so there definitely is a presence of them here. But I also do think a lot of the complaints come from people who assume any leftist user or post is also a “tankie.”

    Like I do see a lot of leftist memes posted to [email protected], which might be where a lot of the complaints are coming from. Likewise there has been a lot of drama with hexbear federating with a lot of communities that were previously shielded from them.

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      1 year ago

      I’m talking about hexbear as tankie specifically. I haven’t really seen any reasonable leftists on that instance. They use lib as an insult to give an idea.

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        1 year ago

        So the instance that has anarchists and syndicalists on it (as well as, MLists, MSMists, and Stalinists, and more) are all tankies?

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          I only came across tankies. I couldn’t find anyone in the few days we were federated who would condemn Russia’s invasion or China’s treatment of the Uyghurs. Maybe they’re on there, but I didn’t find any.