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edit: GUYS fuck stalin and fuck tankies, period. i understand that this community is more sensitive than most to pro-stalinist vibes, and i apologize for unintentionally twinging that nerve, but you need stop calling each other (and me) slurs.

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  • Barabas [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I hate the US as much as the next person but the meme itself is basically whataboutism.

    How the fuck is this whataboutism?

    The whataboutism is 75% of the thread going out to defend the US prison system by saying that a wartime prison before the age of antibiotics was slightly worse than current US prisons. So little discussion of the topic at hand.

    Edit: oh fuck, found the millions of prisoners in Xinjang part of the thread.

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      I'll never understand people like this

      "We left reddit because it isn't leftwing enough"

      "Oh cool, so you're leftcom/communist/anarchist/etc?"

      "What no, we're leftists, not you fuckin tankies"

      "Um...so you denounce the imperialist hegemony imposed by the US and their allies?"

      "I SAID I'M NOT A TANKIE YOU removed by mod STALIN KILLED 82 GORILLION AND USA BETTER THAN COMMIE SHITHOLES IN EVERY WAY"

      Why not just stay on reddit-logo ? Would you not have felt special enough otherwise?

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It makes a lot more sense when you just replace "whataboutism" with "pointing out my hypocrisy"

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      1 year ago

      whataboutism is when you saying that a western nation has ever done anything bad.

      christ, it's such a clunky word with such an intellectually lazy utility, i'm amazed they don't die of shame when they use it.