Went both looking for fellow tankies and seeing who I should be blocking on Mastodon by looking at the hashtag #tankies.
It gave me brain damage and I also found a few of these “lemmy is made by tankies, ewww can’t use it”-posts that I had never seen before. So sharing these for our mutual enjoyment:
Also just the general vibe of the posts with this tag is just so hostile. We really live rent free in these peoples heads. Interesting how so many of these were ukraine flag or isntreal flag profiles too, also a few anne applebaum replies, because of course.
The vibe is pretty much whatever this drivel is by a true communism understander:
I wish I could be this stupid. Not have to read, not have to care, just make up whatever on the spot and be convinced I’m right.
I tried to explain this feeling to a therapist once and they didn’t understand. Imagine never having to think about issues of the day. Just gliding through life with a “it is what it is” attitude. Imagine never having to source your claims, and having an endless army of “normal people” lined up behind you to shout down the truth. Imagine a world built for you, that you never question, never doubt, and never feel betrayed by. Imagine only seeing justice and retribution where there is injustice and ruthless genocide. Just imagine how much simpler your life would be if bad guys were bad, and good guys were good, just like you were always told.
“Normal people” are just stuck in The Matrix. Feel good that you ‘escaped’. Choose your battles wisely. Don’t feel like every injustice needs a reactionary response. At least that’s what I do for my sanity.
Yeah I felt this was pretty special. A new level of unserious even.