I got called a tankie in an online argument.

My transformation is complete :lenin-shining:

    • Pseudoplatanus22 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      There wasn't much point. I'd have got bogged down pointing out how all his examples either weren't examples of systemic oppression, didn't happen, or both.

      It started when some guy said "the communists were the same as the Nazis!" I asked who the alleged exploitation of Uyghurs and Tibetans benefited, as the concept of Han supremacy doesn't really exist in China, and private enterprise is controlled, and they called me a tankie for not believing that the Uyghurs are being (culturally) genocided.

      Edit: I should add that I don't believe the Uyghurs are victims of any type of genocide, but the guy was using cultural genocide as an example of how communists systematically oppress people.