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minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·3 days agoWhat leftist is out there supporting Assad?
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up53·3 days agoThose who think “left” is whatever Russia does
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 days agoTankies, in other words
minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·3 days ago“people I disagree with”, in other words
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·3 days agoThere are more than a few on lemmy.ml, of course.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoLots of them. Usually buy into the whole axis of resistance crap.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoAssad is a friend of Russia and enemy of the West. Therefore tankies support Assad.
minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down11·3 days agoAre the tankies in the room with you now?
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoYeah, there’s a bunch of them around, actually. Just look at the most downvoted comments and you’ll find the clowns.
minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoIf I’m going to infer political attitudes I try to make sure there’s a little more evidence than “I disagree with you”. And that’s what “tankies” has become - a pejorative meaning “people I disagree with” Go head downvote all you want but it’s true.
What leftist is out there supporting Assad?
Those who think “left” is whatever Russia does
Tankies, in other words
“people I disagree with”, in other words
I call it geopolitical jetlag
There are more than a few on lemmy.ml, of course.
Lots of them. Usually buy into the whole axis of resistance crap.
Assad is a friend of Russia and enemy of the West. Therefore tankies support Assad.
Are the tankies in the room with you now?
Yeah, there’s a bunch of them around, actually. Just look at the most downvoted comments and you’ll find the clowns.
If I’m going to infer political attitudes I try to make sure there’s a little more evidence than “I disagree with you”.
And that’s what “tankies” has become - a pejorative meaning “people I disagree with”
Go head downvote all you want but it’s true.