• GnastyGnuts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    The guy did a pretty much objectively brave and noble self-sacrifice in protest of a genocide our nation is arming, but his posts, man! His posts!

    Also this is a strong piece of evidence for the definition of tankie as “traitor to the US / The West.”

    • DyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      The guy did a pretty much objectively brave and noble self-sacrifice in protest of a genocide our nation is arming

      I’m glad you think the same because everyone I’ve talked to has had shitty things to say about it

        • DyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          8 months ago

          Yeah I was talking IRL. I tried to talk to this ex Navy guy I work with who is kind of an anti-commie dipshit but also hates some of the right aspects of capitalism and is nice enough to do shit like bring me a fucking flag from the DDR but unfortunately his only response was to go “what a freak” and focus on how mentally ill the guy must have been. Then I tried to talk to a comrade about it and it was just more of this “what a fucking waste so fucking stupid he should have fragged a CO” type shit. Like, fuck.

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Also this is a strong piece of evidence for the definition of tankie as “traitor to the US / The West.”

      In current day online discourse that’s exactly what it’s used for.