• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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      TERF (trans exclusive radical feminists) are basically transphobes who say “trans people are bad for women rights”.

      Tankies are a bit more vague in usage. But basically these are self proclaimed socialists who are actually more into authoritarian leaders. They will appreciate Stalin for everything he did and defend North Korea’s political system. Sometimes even praise China and Russia for being “anti-imperialist”. So they have all the social backwards ideas, even more so than TERFS because why would they be feminists.

      • b3nsn0w@pricefield.org
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        Yes, Russia is being extremely anti-imperialist in Ukraine, and it’s also China’s anti-imperialism that’s threatening Taiwan. Tankies just hate the west, they don’t have principles.

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          To be more precise it is anti-US-imperialism and hegemony, which itself is a fine sentiment but when you’re willing to let any right wing dictator lead that fight you’ve really lost any credibility as a leftist.

          • lugal@sopuli.xyz
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            I would argue that Russia was imperialist during the tsar empire, the Soviet union and today. It just never stopped exploiting their colonies (at least everything east of the Ural are colonies inhabited by indigenous communities not recognized in their fight for freedom) and the Soviet union smashed all the attempts to create a socialist community that was beyond bolshevism like the black army in Ukraine or the anarchosyndicalists in Spain. As a leftist myself I don’t see any reason to have solitary with Soviets and people who refere positively to them.

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            yeah, makes sense, but exactly like you said, credibility is important. being anti-imperialist in general with a focus on us imperialism is very different from being against only american imperialism while actively supporting the imperialism of other countries such as russia or china

        • Noughmad@programming.dev
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          Tankies just hate the west, they don’t have principles.

          They do have a principle: “The cruelty is the point”. This is usually used for far-right groups, who use conservatism as an excuse to hurt people, but it applies just as well to those who use anti-US sentiment to hurt people.

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    1 year ago

    Either I’ve aged really fast, or you guys are speaking a new language, can someone explain what any of this means?

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      TERF = Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism

      Feminists who also don’t like Trans people, especially trans women.

      Tankies = people who support rivals to Western power, usually saying they support communism but they actually just support whatever Russia and China do. Some are state propagandists, some are just edgy teenagers.