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[-] casmael@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago
[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 3 months ago

Sadly, yes. He is one of the bad ones. Same with Chuck Norris. Conservative Christian tankies.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

I knew he was bad but this is like you know, particularly bad

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah. He's been like this for a while. He attended the Kirk Cameron School for Mediocre Actors at some point.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

They are not lefties what are you even talking about. They're both white conservative christofascists.

I'm not sure if you're just using tankie as a general pejorative or what but it specifically means authoritarian left.

[-] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I think it's fine considering he specified conservative christian tankie. Like they're the conservative version of pro-authoritarian.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I don't think so man, words have power in their meaning.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago

It's called a fascist, and it's fucking weird and suspect that'd you'd try to push anything else.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

"Tankie" started as a general pejorative shorthand for "in the tank."

MAGAs are tankies. Evangelicals are tankies. Every extremist is a tankie.

It's just we generally only see the communist authoritarian tankies on here.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

That may be what you mean, that isn't what everyone else means.

[-] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

That is such an obviously bullshit etymology that I'm going to accuse you of making it up to intentionally muddy the water.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I was wrong in that it has been used to describe right wing extremists but it does originate with the idea that these people would happily hop in a tank and crush any dissent. I realize I was very vague

In my mind, it made sense that anyone willing to use force (eg, a tank) to impose their violent ideology is a tankie.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago

That's called a fascist, like for real bro.

[-] laxe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Out of the loop - what did Chuck Norris do?

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Wants to brand and/or kill all atheists

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Sorbo has been a reactionary shit going back to his early career, but he didn't really let the freak flag fly until he stopped landing roles in the mid-'00s. He's got a whole line of really cringey anti-Atheism movies (check out the "God's Not Dead" series trails) and he's been dipping his toe into the MAGA sphere since Trump took office.

Dude's totally high on his own supply.

[-] sushibowl@feddit.nl 11 points 3 months ago

Dipping his toe? This man submerged himself so far he's basically maga baptized.

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep, he ruined Andromeda with his weird fascist bullshit, is why the show goes from egalitarian to the Commonwealth being aggressive fascists.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

You're totally right but we're keeping the freak flag. He can have the bleak flag.

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