Earnest answers on the definition of a Tankie (as per the thread topic), bringing up their viewpoints or talking about the authoritarianism they promote were removed and users banned.

Source: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/17428405

Modlog: https://photon.lemmy.world/modlog?user=10894797

Source: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/21457702

Modlog: https://photon.lemmy.world/modlog?user=66486

Source https://lemmings.world/comment/18733315

Modlog https://photon.lemmy.world/modlog?user=16964962

Join the lemmy.ml boycott today and help foster a better Lemmy-verse! No more posts, comments (except to counter their propaganda ofc!) or upvotes on any comms on the Lemmy.ml instance! To make this easy you can do an instance block at Settings > Block Tab > Scroll to bottom > Input “lemmy.ml” and apply

And consider donating to individual instances instead.

Check the megathread for more!

@Afata@lemmings.world @Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de @florencia@lemmy.blahaj.zone

@the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world in response to your comment, it was not a mod, it was head lemmy.ml instance admin themselves that removed all those comments. This is what tankies do, be sure to check the megathread for even more documentation.

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    6 days ago

    It’s correct in the sense of the word, but not from where it comes. It was first used to distinguish communist party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to suppress the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring.

    But it’s nitpicking - the same group of people also were behind the Tienanmen Square massacre.