• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    Tankies, like other fash, tend to push others out of spaces due to their vileness. I think it’s just a self-reinforcing cycle rather than coordination.

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      6 months ago

      When I understood they’re descendents of ChapoTraphouse it all made sense. Half are righty astroturfers posing; some other sizable chunk are assuredly edgy teenagers. Some are foreign operatives. The rest are, frankly, the duped.

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        I would actually pay to see the look on Dessalines face when he realizes that he’s the nerd God to a bunch of teenagers.

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        6 months ago

        It’s interesting, my instance doesn’t block them, so we end up often getting pulled into threads if we don’t check the details.

        They definitely don’t like us when we show up, lol. You can tell they aren’t used to it, and they get legitimately angry when someone points out that American citizens aren’t evil, or that the world is more complex than their black and white views allow.

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        6 months ago

        Is a real bummer because I am quite a lefty in my own group and general society, and I was hoping for some challenges from further left. But I guess if it’s not straight up revolutionary blood lust it’s just authoritarianism apologists.

        Again, it’s one of the reasons I was stoked to join the lemmy/fediverse in the first place.

        • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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          6 months ago

          Yeah. They are not further left, they’re just the slightly left wing inside the rest of right wing fascism

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, they pretty much just simp for any authoritarian that calls themselves communist.

            You know, typical leftist things… /s

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              6 months ago

              I shall balance them out with something utterly deranged. Wait nope cant think of something that is stupid or crazy enough to balance things out. Fuck it we should create a Trans cat girl joint special forces of NATO and have them assassinate Putin.