• 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