I’m not sure I’ve seen any evidence of it existing though, is it just a Boogeyman, or so something that happened a while back? An in joke of some sort?

  • @fubo@lemmy.world
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    Tankie now means the same as Nazi — “a person with a political view I don’t like”.

    There are actual neo-Nazis — yes, I mean people who venerate Hitler, use Nazi Party symbols, advocate antisemitism and genocide — actively involved in politics in many countries, including the US, Germany, and Russia. Do you deny this?

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      Which part of the parent comment implied that there aren’t actual Nazis?

    • ARF_ARF
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      I’ve noticed this interrogative style more and more in my runs in with the woke, both offline and online.

      So my question to you is — what the fuck do you think you’re doing?

      This doesn’t make you look strong or confident. It makes you sound like a soyboy.

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        If someone claimed that people just say “theft” to mean “transactions I don’t like”, that would be denying the existence of actual theft.

        If someone claimed that people just say “slavery” to mean “jobs I don’t like”, that would be denying the existence of actual slavery.

        Same goes here.

        Pointing out denialism is usually only a problem to the people engaged in it, and the wrongdoers they’re defending.