• emizeko [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        (I have never, for example, met a “tankie” in real life, but they yell at me on Twitter fairly often.)

        it never crosses the author's mind that being a communist party member is illegal and that being open about your communism will result in official and social consequences

        • AssadCurse [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Or that very few people this lib would consider a tankie self-identify as a tankie, or that due to their upper class nature they are unlikely to cross path with many communists…

          • emizeko [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            this lib would definitely respond to any accusations of being in a social bubble by talking about how diverse thier upper class friends are