MeanwhileOnGrad
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.
(caution of biased source)
Basic Rules:
Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.
Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.
Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.
Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.
Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.
You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
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what a bunch of assholes
They know exactly what they're doing. I wouldn't be surprised if a significant portion of the Mod/Admins were on kremlin payroll
I just can't imagine actually being that deluded
Even after participating in that thread???
arguing with the willfully ignorant is enough to convince me of ulterior motives
Nah, no one on lemmy is being paid by any government.
Tankies when a capitalist imperialist state that was once red does capitalist imperialist things: "Whatabout"
They're still responding to me on there. i've taken to replying via DM
" Hi, you're getting this message because you replied to one of my messages on [email protected].
Your nanny mods community banned me. Enjoy your bubble of delusion "
Edit: Apparently i'm banned from lemmygrad.ml as a whole too now (what a tragic shame). Someone claiming to be an admin over there conveyed the above message. minus the "bubble of delusion" bit of course. wouldn't want the proles knowing about that now would they?
It's a ban i can wear with as much pride as my /r/the_donald community ban i had on reddit
Lemmy federation has been my first exposure to tankies and holy shit. They are so horny for Russian violence, Russian invasions, Russian imperialism. And somehow none of it is ever Russia's choice, Russia has no accountability or autonomy, it always the fault of "the West".
It's like a weird nationalistic narcissism.