• Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    “tankie” has become such a pavlovian response to these people that the second they hear it they’ve decided they no longer need to consider anything this person might have to say. Like conservatives the second they hear something is “woke” and they throw a tantrum

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      It’s kind of brilliant in a way. The brainworms prevent them from ever learning, because all it takes is a single concern troll saying “I think these people might be tankies” and they automatically shut down.

    • Zozano@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Don’t forget “Nazi”

      My grandma forgot my birthday, she’s literally Hitler!