edit: this is now closed future comments won’t be counted

I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I’ve seen on hexbear

respond with YES or NO in the first line of your comment and i’ll tally everything in a couple of days, lets say I’ll try and collect everything on the sunday the 9th (10+gmt sorry)

not sure thisll work, be nice, have fun

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    122·
    5 months ago

    Tankie is a floating signifier, a pejorative, a thought-terminating cliché, a rhetorical cudgel.

    The only reason why you would deny it or hide it is if you have an agenda.

    Or because it’s a thought-terminating pejorative. And in any case, just as it is impossible to be unbiased, it is impossible to be agendaless. By implying that I have some secret agenda, you’re doubling down on McCarthyism.

    • mholiv@lemmy.world
      12·
      5 months ago

      If that’s how you feel about it, then it may be a cudgel against you. But I am certain you do see and have seen people who proudly self label as tankies.

      Nothing wrong with that.