Now personally I think we have the word takie pretty well defined in our rules and have no intention of changing it. Fuck tankies, they don’t belong here.
I didn’t write fuck commies, or fuck libtards, (I am a vocal socialist and very far left) or anything like that, the banner is specifically about pro-auth dictator-worshipping tankies.I wouldn’t use the term “x-tard”, it’s pretty ableist :/ (and something I’ve had to put up with as an autistic person - honestly it was going away a few years ago but seems to have re-established itself via 4chan’s memetic bleedthrough to internet communities).
But I do agree very strongly with the sentiment ., it’s nice to have a leftist space on lemmy not overrun by authoritarianism tbh nya
Being called a liberal is insulting enough. Most liberals will identify as progressives.
Ok yes I’m not calling anyone a liberal though
some people want to post here but are repelled by “fuck tankies?”
good.
that is the intended functionality of the banner.
Generally speaking, people offended by this are either:
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libs that dont understand the distinction between tankie and communist or have been misinformed by tankies on what its supposed to mean, but are pro communism(wierd combination?)
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the “CCCP did nothing wrong” people
maybe having something leftist in the banner or some place like that could help the former, but I wouldnt remove the message, as it acts as a soft filter for the latter.
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Tankies mad they’re being called tankies?
Drawing a comparison to the use of “woke” is fucking hilarious. Only one of those terms is actually an insult, and the insinuation that both of those terms are the same says a lot about their perspective.
yeah. fuck tankies. that’s the thoughts.
The fact they feel the phrase fuck tankies is acting as a barrier to their participation in 196 should be a wake up call for them to examine their political views.
Unlike their use of the word liberal, which they use to refer to everyone to the right of them on the political spectrum, we are using the word tankie for a single specific group. Tankie means authoritarian communist. Please keep the sign.
There is no one to the right of authoritarians who want to silence dissent and use violence to right the inequalities in society.
Imagine simping for a genocidal Russia with their homophobic and transphobic laws and still wanting to post on 196. Good on you for keeping the banner up. Fuck tankies.
terf is a slur 🤝 tankies is a slur
the worst people on the internet
I think if a person feels offended by a generic “fuck tankies” in the banner, then that person is probably a tankie. Fuck tankies.
Fuck. Tankies.
but… but… BUT THE NUANCES!! :‘’(
a world without nuance, is a world without meaning for these guys… you know that… c’mon…
Yeah no, the last time I saw a discussion with a large percentage of hexbear user’s, they were all praising Putin, it wasn’t even on 196. So fuck them
Fuck tankies 🖕
Tankies will never be welcome
They shouldn’t have a voice anywhere and they should be demonized and persecuted just like right-wingers.
The only thing I hate as much as a flag-waving Trump troglodyte is anyone that has even a passing positive remark about China or Russia. They are geopolitical enemies. To me, solidarity with them marks you as either an enemy or a traitor.
I think all instances should block the tankies treat them the same as you would alt right because really there no different they both support facist ideologies
Honestly I agree. Fuck fascists.
lmao fuck tankies
Honestly I think we should change our banner.
On the app Jerboa at least it’s hard to see that it says fuck tankies, it really should be more clear.
Perhaps having it off to one side, split across both sides, mentioned on both sides, across the bottom 3 times, etc. IDK graphic design is hard.
POST BEF
I’m realizing there’s been a serious shortage of Bef being posted here. Someone should get on that.
I must be out of the loop here as I’m having a tough time understanding your comment
Is your comment an initialism of some kind? Or is it a typo?
it’s what the banner says in the image you posted
