Cowbee being predictable as ever
oh no, im not a tankie, i just post in hexbear and call myself a tankie
funny thing is that I'm referring to both of them lol
"By nature of the Fediverse, chuds will make their own space"
They're so close to self-awareness
self-awarewolves
Cowbee wasn't saying that it's bad to make your own space, per se; he was saying that communities of like-minded people are naturally going to develop on the Fediverse because of its decentralized nature. No Hexbear would deny that we created the site for ourselves.
Pretty sure "chud" is a derogatory term here, though.
It is. He/we don't support your politics, but we support your right to congregate and use the software.
Lol if you're not defending communist dictators, you're fascist?
They truly are missing a few screws.
There is one reason I'm here and one reason alone. And that is because Lemmy.ml and allied instances refuse to allow open discussion and criticism of their ideas there. So we have to find another space for it. I suspect I'm not alone.
Want to decrease the popularity of this community? Stop enforcing wrongthink and allow people to discuss your ideas openly. I guarantee you this com would quickly dwindle.
That's exactly it. I disagree with a lot of people in this community. I also disagree with a lot of people on lemmy.ml and the like. The difference is that here at least I can disagree without immediately being banned. It's great that the fediverse allows diversity of thought between different instances, but internally each instance is structured as its own little fiefdom, and lemmy.ml has some questionable leadership.
Cowbee said something right for once.
Except they don't understand that they are the chuds who have created their own safe spaces.
You have been banned from the DPRK. Glorious leader has spoken.
Cowbee loves to act like he's not in an echo chamber. All the tankies like him are just currently unemployed dictators. They're like the people who simp for billionaires...just they do it hoping that they'll be in charge when "communism" comes around.
Sad that MotG is active and popular?
That's like a republican being upset that Leopards Ate My Face is too busy.
Do they not understand how the material is generated?
Some of the worst tankies on Threadi (that lack humanity and behave in the most regressive way possible) in that screenshot.
Also funny how US-centric they are with their use of chud terminology. The vile pro-authoritarians can't even imagine a world outside of their US-style fake commie online roleplay.
Talkies worship imperialism, the ultimate expression of the ends justifying means, so it makes sense they'd also be snide cultural imperialists without realizing it. I also really think a lot of them would be improved by being extracted from their basements and set to some yard work
"Cryptofash", "fashy" ๐ค
Feels like bastardizations of already bastardized words, and I wonder if they're using it to try to sound impactful while not saying much.
Remarkably, it's not that much harder to type Cryptofascist than it is to type Cryptofash. What is a Crypto-fascist, btw?
Ah yes, of course the people who would have been allies with the Nazis up until the moment Hitler ate their face, the people who looked at Project 2025 and said "still better than Kamala though", the people supporting extreme authoritarianism and proving horsehoe theory correct... those people want to throw the word "fascist" around ๐คฃ
there are only two ideologies.
mine and fascists
I'd prefer it if it were possible to kick these chuds off the fediverse entirely
And they still don't see who they are...
"We must forcibly suppress the people who say we're authoritarian"
tankies stay seething
also apparently like one post every few days is considered popular by tankie standards. geez dude
Oh lord. And I thought the right wing chuds were kings of projection. These people genuinely live in an alternate reality. It's equal parts fascinating, sad, and disturbing.
I do share a concern with these comments though. I never comment here, but I do like laughing at tankie's bullshit sometimes. However, these types of spaces are very easy and often prone to right-wing infiltration. And they can slowly but surely turn into a Nazi bar, and I think this is something to look out for.
Again, I've never comment around here, and I don't always check the comments. I'm not too familiar with the community, but I have seen some concerning things here and there. And in general lately I feel like Lemmy has taken a more centrist right-wing bend. I think we've had another influx from Reddit. I'm not sure, but I am a bit concerned. I might just be overly concerned. Maybe it's my anxiety disorder at play again. Still, I think it's worth keeping an eye on.
I think there is more validity to this comment than is being given credit for, here.
Once you get to the extremes right and left look about the same
However, Lemmy is very much not right wing. It is very definitely left for better or for worse
I'd prefer it if it were possible to kick these chuds off the fediverse entirely.
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commenting specifically so tankies label me โfashyโ while they actively defend dictatorships.
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