In an attempt to better understand Lemmy I’m wondering if some of you can shed a light on what the deal is between.ml and .world. The history, any significant event or a betrayal, how did we all run away from spez only to come here and throw mud at each other?

I’m sure it confuses a great deal of Reddit refugees who just signed up with the largest instance because of (in my case future proofing) reasons.

I’m wondering how this historic feud came to be and how I can be called a “Zionist” just because of my instance, and they are called “fascists” even though I’ve come across some pretty levelheaded people from that instance too.

Please, keep it civil!

I’m not trying to start a fight or mud slinging, it would be good if several people could say their piece and nobody shame or attack them for it no matter how much you disagree.

Thanks

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[–] 17 points 1 day ago (11 children)

For anyone wondering just what the hell a "tankie" is, as usual this article sums it up pretty well.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    "Tankie" is just the latest evolution of "pinko". It's a pejorative against communists. It's that simple.

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  • [–] 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Tankies love to conflate themselves as the only true communists/leftists to better spread their authoritarianism. And ofc they'd also hate anything that labels them properly and tries to downplay it, just like any other authoritarian

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  • [+] -10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Rational wiki is US Libertarian, far right. It is not a valid description.

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    Well ok, here's regular Wikipedia then

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

    Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.

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