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Communists don't defend Russia
Communists shouldn't defend the Russian Federation. Yet for inexplicable reasons, many self-proclaimed communists online do so. Typically they're tankies with all sorts of other problematic opinions.
Well American conservatives also defend Russia, that doesn't mean they're communists
So stop associating things
I think you're a little confused. I never claimed all Russian supporters were communists, or vice-versa for that matter.
At least soviet gulags were just concentration camps, not extermination camps.
The left spectrum is the best one :P
I mean, I don't disagree. I consider myself left-of-centre and the Soviets a lesser evil compared to the Nazis, or even the Tsars they replaced.
Go back up to the image and see the one labeled "Hard Right." You're welcome.
I have literally never seen it.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it doesn't happen in the places I frequent - and I frequent a LOT of Leftist communities.
Edit: People are pointing to the Tankies Lemmy community. The place designed for tankies. I'm not arguing they don't exist. I'm aruing against the people saying they're all over the place and pervasive in other communities and that they're not a commonality and not the usual communist/socialist.
Pointing to the Tankies communities doesn't change anything I've said.
I have literally never seen it.
I have no clue how that's possible considering how the Ukraine war has caused their apologia to crawl out of the woodwork.
Do you think it's possible they only exist in right wing spaces in order to incite outrage and justify the rights views on socialism/communism.
They don't. I'm a communist. I've had to purge my social media, including avowed communists on tiktok, over how they've went full mask off with regurgitating fascist Russian propaganda.
The reality is that a lot of people are just not that clever. They are contrarians. That is why the US invading Iraq is bad, but Russia invading Ukraine is good. That's why the US has blood on its hands for the genocide of Native Americans, but not the Russian Federation for steps of equal or greater measure.
The reality is that a lot of creators put a mask on. They are personalities. Sometimes it slips off. Infighting has always been a problem in communism. We are so easy to divide, and the most violent and genocidal tended to seize control of movements in history. Because we fight each other instead of them.
The reality is that a lot of people are just not that clever. They are contrarians. That is why the US invading Iraq is bad, but Russia invading Ukraine is good.
Holy shit, this and all the spontaneous "USA bad Russia/China did nothing wrong" bullshit is so unbelievable. And they all assume everyone who disagrees lives in the US for some reason LOL
Is lemmy.ml, hexbear and lemmygrad a right wing space?
Oh wait, there's actually no difference between lefties and righties!
If I tallied the amount of times I've seen tankies on this site vs number of times I've seen someone freaked out about them it would be something like 0/200 and it's been like a day.
That just means you're not very good at identifying tankies.
Lol. Dey everywhere! Look there's one now. No, wait thats a cat post. It could have been one, tho!
It's rampant in certain ML communities. A lot of people are so caught up in their reasonable opposition to the US, it's foreign policy and the military industrial complex that they start to see any US enemy in a positive light, despite many of those enemies being significantly worse.
Which communities. Someone else pointed to that same community - and I looked at a post and saw nothing but support for Ukraine.
What do you want me to see here?
I think you meant to link a Lemmy post - but accidentally posted the article from the Lemmy post instead of the comments themselves.
You are right, I'm sorry. Here's what I meant to share: https://lemm.ee/post/3842553
What specifically in that thread are you talking about?
Judging by the number of Lemmygrad users spewing their regurgitated kremlin propaganda all over the place i'd say you should reconsider your position
Has your instance defederated from lemmygrad? Otherwise you wouldn't make such claims.
Only fascists with a red aesthetic - Tankies, if you will.