LemmySlopSkimmer [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 days ago"Help, I can't convince people who have more direct experience than me that they are wrong"feddit.nlexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-link"Help, I can't convince people who have more direct experience than me that they are wrong"feddit.nlLemmySlopSkimmer [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSinisterium@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 days agoTankies just means whatever they currently arent. Its not about us but about what they are not. Just like orientalism isnt about the people of the orient, but about what the west wants itself not to be.
minus-squareRam_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 days agoAsk ten anti-communists what a tankie is, and you’ll get at least twelve different answers lol
Tankies just means whatever they currently arent. Its not about us but about what they are not.
Just like orientalism isnt about the people of the orient, but about what the west wants itself not to be.
Ask ten anti-communists what a tankie is, and you’ll get at least twelve different answers lol