no that doesn’t mean that. tankies are generally communist. most americans are not generally communists
Comment on unsure why we are surprised lol
Albatross2724@lemmy.world 6 months agoDoes that mean most Americans are tankies when it comes to Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians 🤔
spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 months ago
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Tankie is a term exclusively used for communists.
Albatross2724@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Oh yeah I forgot. Communism is bad, but mass killing brown Muslims is fine because they’re subhuman cannon fodder for furthering America’s Military Industrial Complex. Thanks for clearing that up.
YeetPics@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Try harder.
boo_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Communism isn’t bad per se, authoritarianism is, but there are many authoritarian regimes going under the name ‘communist’, thus we have a term for that: tankie. Using different terms to describe the Israeli state (like fascist, ethno-nationalist, or Zionist) and its supporters does not mean it’s not bad. It really is! It’s just categorically different in the ideology espoused by them, and having language to describe that is not bad.
Albatross2724@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Intentionally missing the point of the irony behind Americans using words that allude to ignoring a genocide while actively ignoring a genocide they’re tax dollars are funding.
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I honestly can’t tell if you’re just a troll or actually this stupid.
Albatross2724@lemmy.world 6 months ago
American perspective: opposing genocide is stupid
JunglisticFunkateer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Words have meaning you know. That is just the meaning of the word tankie. If you fail to understand that, I feel sorry for you l.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 months ago
plenty of the people leveraging the word “tankie” against tankies are communists, or at least socialists, just less authoritarian ones. and i’d venture to guess that the vast majority of those people are anti-genocide, including the case of Gaza.
please take the smallest of measures to understand the positions at foot before stuffing straw men into everyone’s mouths. you look quite foolish here.