Mr. w00t@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDouble standards or something, I don't know...lemmy.mlimagemessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1618
arrow-up1167imageDouble standards or something, I don't know...lemmy.mlMr. w00t@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, there is a big group that supports Ukraine and Israel. And that group includes a majority in Congress, President Biden and (in Ukraine) president Zelensky. And then there are also the tankies that support Palestine and Russia. Finally, a lot of people are neutral or non-aligned in Israel vs Palestine, including myself, but definitely pro-Ukraine.
minus-squareseitanic@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·1 year agoSo, does supporting Palestine automatically make you a tankie?
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoNo, you have to support Russia’s invasions of its neighbours to be a tankie.
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down21·1 year agoTankie is just a word internet creeps use as a derogatory term for “on the right side of history” so yes it does.
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·1 year agoOr “people I disagree with that I accuse of saying ridiculous shit that while they never stop saying it I simultaneously can not point to a single instance of it being said”
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·1 year agotankie is to libs is what woke is to nazis
No, there is a big group that supports Ukraine and Israel.
And that group includes a majority in Congress, President Biden and (in Ukraine) president Zelensky.
And then there are also the tankies that support Palestine and Russia.
Finally, a lot of people are neutral or non-aligned in Israel vs Palestine, including myself, but definitely pro-Ukraine.
So, does supporting Palestine automatically make you a tankie?
No, you have to support Russia’s invasions of its neighbours to be a tankie.
Tankie is just a word internet creeps use as a derogatory term for “on the right side of history” so yes it does.
Or “people I disagree with that I accuse of saying ridiculous shit that while they never stop saying it I simultaneously can not point to a single instance of it being said”
tankie is to libs is what woke is to nazis