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[–] Zoldyck@discuss.online 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Let's do a little experiment:

  • Tankies are horrible
  • Nazi's are horrible
  • The US is horrible
  • Russia is horrible
  • China is horrible
[–] JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you? Why would you put an apostrophe there?!

(ahem, grammar and spelling Nazis are also horrible)

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grammar and spelling nazi's are a necessary evil for the good of the web.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's that pesky apostrophe again!

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Two kinda people I wanna punch.

One is Nazis the other is people who use an apostrophe to pluralize.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like concision: people are horrible.

:P

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Extending to the political party specifically for Germany, but not the others; could be worth doing that.

Like, EVERY country has its good people that hate the horrific actions of its administration. It can cause issues and paint xenophobia if you don’t identify and shame the bad actors. Instead, you get Chinese people that live in poverty thinking America hates all of them for having thin eyes.

Better thing to say imo: fuck Republicans and the CIA, fuck Putin, fuck the CCP.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fun is if you had made some point about something china or Russia related and HADN'T also mentioned that the US is horrible, you'd get dogpiled.

The US is horrible, leave me alone

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[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 72 points 1 year ago (5 children)

lemmy devs are actually pretty good at not forcing their ideology on others

A CAPITALIST SPY

GET HIM

[–] Novman@feddit.it 23 points 1 year ago (11 children)

It is way easier to get banned on reddit for a lot less than a slight not conformist opinion. Here they downvote you, stop. And i talk about real controversies.

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[–] silvercove@lemdro.id 67 points 1 year ago (28 children)

I experience the opposite. Whenever I criticise US government, I get attacked by hordes of cringy Americans.

[–] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I must say I had a pleasant conversation on workers’ rights in the US recently on c/technology (lemmy.world). By pleasant I mean "not being insulted because I live in France and workers do have rights so I’m a red commie" pleasant.

[–] DillonBrooksEnjoyer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

For the majority of Americans, as long as you are a pleasant person, you will have pleasant conversations, even if it’s about a disagreement.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (23 children)

A. This leads to politeness fetishists and tone policing. If someone says something offensive like "we should remove LGBT+ books from schools," I'd rather shoot myself than speak nicely to that person.

B. This has not been my experience with my fellow Americans at all. I even saw a mod from lemmy.world post mod-flaired horseshit in their politics community about how "The US is not a racist country." Fuck that.

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[–] chattan00000ga@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's weird considering America's favourite pass time is to bitch about how shitty our government is

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[–] boatonthehill@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I thought tankies were adult fans of Thomas the Tank Engine.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago

Chooooo chooo 🚂🚃🚃🚃

I'm personally a Maglevie 🚅🚋🚋🚋 floaty zoom zoom

[–] Hyperdinobeast@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Found the diesel

[–] Zoldyck@discuss.online 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] honeynut@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago

1462 points 3 years ago

reddit will delete this comment cuz they're controlled by China but fuck the CCP!!!

same energy

[–] InfiniteVariables@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everything that doesn't conform to my ideology is CIA propaganda.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (36 children)

I got banned from one of the communities for simply saying I thought both socialism and capitalism won't work without more nuance and blending.

I always figured the snowflakes were really the far right... But no, it's both extremes, apparently.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If you can't examine real world examples of your philosophy critically, you've no business in the debate. Tankies aren't willing to hear about the flaws apparent in the system any more than your average thin blue bootlicker will.

I say this as someone who makes guillotine "jokes." Definitely jokes.

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[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck tankies but also fuck OP

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like OP is going full-blown "I don't hate the homeless, but..." elsewhere itt

I'd love to see his ass banned again

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[–] ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I've been banned a few times specifically in fuck cars and then comrades I think? Absolutely some of the most fragile groups I know beside trumpets when it comes to accepting reality and facts.

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[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Gone, reduced to ashes

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