You’ve seen tankies around. They’re the ones who believe that all the world’s evils are the product of imperialism and the only country capable of imperialism is the United States. It looks like th...
  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Americans prefacing their bloodthirst is always funny to me. "Listen, I'm as leftist liberal as they come. I hug trees and I drive a Tesla. I was born with a birthmark shaped like Tom Perez. I eat extra vegan tofu. But we really gotta give cops more guns to defend American values."

    • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      “I’m as left as it gets” always precedes the most heinous rightwing shit spouted by a centrist lib

        • Z_Poster365 [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          That, or they are so naive they really think nothing exists to the left of them (since communism is actually rightwing authoritarianism or whatever)

        • DJMSilver [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          overton window is bullshit. these people support imperialism full stop.