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[-] [email protected] 171 points 1 year ago

The irony is that if they were merely antifascists that were dunking on racists and transphobes, a lot of people would genuinely appreciate them. The tankie brain-rot ruins that though.

[-] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the fascists, not join them!"

Although, tbf, I think I'd still be somewhat annoyed at Hexbear style discourse even if it was oriented towards a good cause. Much less annoyed, of course, but "I know you are but what am I?", Sea Lioning, Gish Galloping, and images of pigs pooping on their own balls are not great for the tone of any community.

[-] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago

Let's face it, these people are run-of-the mill internet trolls who are working with a politics angle. Their only cause is distruption of online communities for shits and giggles. Treat them like any other troll - block on user level, defederate on instance level.

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[-] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago

these people a literally cultists.

Same as the the MAGAts

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile in my Lemmy app....

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[-] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, that central tenet of communism, "compensation".

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Yup, logically inconsistent, and if you confront them about it they tell you they are just being "le masters of irony".

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[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's weird how they can't seem to realize they're literally, exactly the same as trumpers. They're just tanky Qanon. It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

I'm fairly certain most of them are trumpers. They're far right 4chan trolls roleplaying as what they think leftists sound like (and they're really not very good at it), possibly for laughs, possibly to make leftists sound bad, probably both. And some of them are Chinese and / or Russian shill bots.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Eh, I think you're making it too complicated. The simplest explanation is normally true. They're just brainwashed low intelligence goons forming a groupthink echo chamber. Instead of blaming brown people and "libruls" they blame capitalists, liberals etc.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

They are beyond delusional.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are all mentally unwell. So sick of seeing their shit. Literally no different than the ultra MAGA crowd just the opposite end of the spectrum. Insane people congregating sharing insane beliefs.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

ahaha, god that's so pathetic

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If they think they’re having any real effect on anything then they majorly need to touch some grass.

This is the reality of their “dunking on user bases”

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'm pretty sure the coup part happened on reddit. I feel like I witnessed multiple subs get taken over by tankies.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

ToiletPaperUSA almost got couped. Like, in a nearly literal sense. One of the mods expelled like half of the other mods for the crime of not being tankies and started censoring anti-China posts.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How is this instance not just lemmy grad they believe the same things and act the same.

[-] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago
  • lemmygrad: Genocide denial
  • hexbear: Genocide denial, but in vaporwave
[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

You have to appreciate the irony of forcing people to be communist, or else. Literally doing the thing they are denying.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

That's not ironic. They're authoritarians. I very much doubt that they're against forcing people to be collectivists.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Just be glad they're staying on hexbear and not creating alts on other instances.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Reading these comments that looks exactly like what they are doing.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

They have been doing that. Other threads on lemmy world have the nazis admitting to it.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

These are not intellectually serious people. They should not be treated as such.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Wow, this is amazing. Not at all like what happened at reddit...

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