I’m very OOTL when it comes to a lot of the major divides in online communities because thankfully I’ve managed to avoid most of the arguing. I’ve noticed a lot of instances say “no tankies” as one of their first rules and figured this might be the only place I could get a real answer.
Was there something specific they did to piss off everyone? If I had to take a shot in the dark, are they just people who are really pro-military?
I think it has to do with an anti-western point of view that mostly comes from the cold war.
Also, Russia essentially lives in the USSR’s shadow (This can be seen with its aggression of its neighbour countries and the use of the USSR anthem for example) even if it is politically and economically pretty different so I think quite a few believe that the war in Ukraine for example would bring back the USSR or something. I don’t really understand it personally. I think it is a strong general narrative pushed by the Russian government.