▲ 605 ▼ It only counts when I say it does (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 175 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago* (1 child) I am still convinced a sizable chunk of online tankies are just right-wing extremists cosplaying. Oh, and of course foreign operatives. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 hours ago I'd say it's even simpler than that, it's just tribalism. $person has criticized our gracious $monarch. They deserve to die! $person speaks against $religion and is a heretic. They deserve to die! $person made fun of $fascist_leader. They deserve to die! $person goes against $party. They deserve to die! Whoever is in power speaks absolute truth. Be it a fascist leader, a church, a communist party or a monarch. Opposing that truth is heresy/treason/counter-revolutionary/evil and should be severely punished. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 hours ago I'd say it's even simpler than that, it's just tribalism. $person has criticized our gracious $monarch. They deserve to die! $person speaks against $religion and is a heretic. They deserve to die! $person made fun of $fascist_leader. They deserve to die! $person goes against $party. They deserve to die! Whoever is in power speaks absolute truth. Be it a fascist leader, a church, a communist party or a monarch. Opposing that truth is heresy/treason/counter-revolutionary/evil and should be severely punished. permalink fedilink source parent
