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Double standards or something, I don't know... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by w00t@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] LapGoat@pawb.social 29 points 11 months ago

idk, from an american perspective, pretty sure the americans that support Ukraine also support Palestine, whereas the americans that support Russia also support Israel.

mostly certain.

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 11 months ago

So, does supporting Palestine automatically make you a tankie?

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Tankie is just a word internet creeps use as a derogatory term for "on the right side of history" so yes it does.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

tankie is to libs is what woke is to nazis

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

You mean that time that the USSR rolled tanks into Prague because checks notes the socialist government published some newspapers?

Bro, even Mao Zedong was like "that shit is mega fucked up."

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Said like 99.9999% of people who use that word just use it to mean anyone having left-of-hitler views.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It has nothing to do with being left, it's being authoritarian that makes you a tankie.

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

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"

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

No, you have to support Russia's invasions of its neighbours to be a tankie.

[-] gullible@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

I absolutely cannot keep track of the layers of betrayal and reconciliation. Anyone who tells you that an issue in the Middle East is certain is, at best, benignly unaware. It is utterly unsalvageable on both sides.