One day this account will be 2 years old and its posts will be recognized for their greatness. But until then, it’ll just be a sockpuppet troll account. Very sad.

If he reads this thread before replying, I’m gonna give him a secret hint: don’t just assume that because Chairman Mao was Chinese that means Maoists are pro-China! It was actually a trick question! To answer this one halfway correctly, you might have to do at least 2 minutes of reading. To answer it very correctly, it may be necessary to get way more educated on political subjects before running one’s mouth online. I recommend reading Parenti and starting at Blackshirts and Reds! I believe in you!

Yeah, maybe, but I think what he meant by that was that I kept insisting he’s a tankie but he believes tankie = genocide supporter.

Anyway, I do think his thing of specifying that tankies are defined by our defense of China’s genocide specifically is interesting. I already pointed out that that excludes Maoists which I can’t wait to see his reply to.

I read it as “you’re right that I support Hamas but I’m not a tankie because I oppose all genocides, not just the one in Gaza” which I admit is also a non-sequitur but not as much of a non-sequitur as also calling Hamas genocidal. But we’re definitely reading tea leaves here.

Hold on, another point here: so are Maoists and communists that strictly take the Soviet side of the Sino-Soviet split not tankies?

Honestly I don’t think this person is saying Hamas is genocidal. I think he’s very confused and is really insistent that tankies love genocide, so he was trying to like, pre-move me. But as far as I can tell the implied genocidal regime he’s opposed to is China, not Hamas. Obviously that opens a whole other can of worms but he won’t reply to my last comment.

did you know that 23% of American adults 18-39 think the Shoah was fabricated or exaggerated?

That’s horrifying.

Indeed, why did you say that leftists say it’s good for Iran to shoot protesters in the face and that Russia has a god given right to invade Ukraine?

Okay, you said “tankies are defined by their defense of genocide” but then say that there was a massacre in Tiananmen Square.

For one, that’s false. No massacre has ever taken place in Tiananmen Square, and if you could find me a source that says otherwise I’d welcome it.

But also, massacre is not the same as genocide. There must be something else you’re talking about.

You should know, the origin of the term “tankie” is related to Khruschev sending in tanks to squash a fascist movement in Hungary in 1956, way before the 1989 protests in Beijing.

There was a genocide in Tiananmen Square?

What are you talking about?

No, you got it backwards. I’m saying that your positions make you a tankie because you oppose genocide. I’m praising you!

Can we slow down? I don’t really get what you disagree with me about.

Did you read my comments above? I explained the reasoning. If you’re anti-zionist you’re a “tankie” to most anticommunists, they don’t care that you consider yourself different to the other kinds of leftists. At the end of the day we’ll be sent to the same camp.

If you subscribe to a more specific definition of “tankie” it’s probably better to just say what you mean explicitly.

I really wish Blahaj was federated with Hexbear :(

As in Hexbear or Twitter? I don’t think there’s a lot of bots active on Hexbear. I think we have 3 total? There’s the Amber bot, the Volcel Police bot, and the one that replies to comments with twitter, youtube, and reddit links with alternative frontends.

That’s ok, forget the red triangle. That’s fine. I’m saying that you’re loudly voicing your opposition to “tankies” but if you despise all genocidal regimes you are a tankie yourself.

How are you seeing my comments, though? I’m on .ml

After blocking hexbear and .world,