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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/tankiejerk@lemmy.world

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[–] Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like that list isn't complete. What about Libtard and demo-rats. Is libturds a thing?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think I hear those more from right-wingers than tankies tbh

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

All authoritarians hate liberals.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes you catch a demo-rats, democraps, or demonrats from 'Very Serious Leftists'.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

democraps

Lmao that's a new one for me, I'm gonna have to use that in the next !conservative@lemmy.world meme haha

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"westoid"

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Crackkker (and variant spellings) is another one that pops up from time to time.

[–] graphito@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago

Conspiracy theory: tankie triad is CIA psyop aimed to make communist community look unpalatable in the eyes of average leftist

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Literally had that happen to me yesterday

[+] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net -13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Despite not being a communist, I left .ml because I got so sick of the shit flinging from folks on .world, not for anything I experienced from the mods or other .ml members. They were fine.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ just because you got lucky or didn't notice doesn't mean it doesn't happen

Here, I brought receipts of this exact meme playing out of them protecting an "in crowd" member. A mere 24 hour timeout for calling people scum and "shitlibs" when anybody else even mentions "tankie" gets 14/30 day bans

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I'm sure it happens, assholes are everywhere.

IME, a lot more of them were giving me (or others) shit solely for being from .ml than were ever from .ml though. As I said, it literally drove me off of .ml because I got so tired of it. It's a great, socially acceptable way to adhom someone on Lemmy rather than engage with their argument though, I'll give you that.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yea you got a point, and I for one generally don't consider someone to be a tankie just because they have a .ml user account.

But like you say, there are assholes everywhere and LW is like what triple the size of the next biggest instance? Bigger instance, more assholes. Just like with cities and crime, a big city always seems like "crime everywhere" but once you balance out the numbers it's actually not bad more often than not.

And the biggest problem isn't even just a rogue mod(s) they're not taking care of, it's the admins/devs who I always see in the modlog. It's clear that they're using their instance's influence as a tool to further their political stance.

It doesn't have to be this way, if the wider Lemmy-verse defeded from them as they did the rest of the Tankie Triad, stories like yours probably wouldn't happen

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fair points, I can't really argue!

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago

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