a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
/r/196 used to be really progressive, political, and openly left wing.
My gut tells me that the “anti tankie” discourse there was entirely fabricated / astro-turfed by Langley.
I dunno if Langley would have needed to do much. Could just be a classic case of “how did all this fascism get in my anti communism?”
Yeah when CTH was still alive 196 was genuinely good.
It went to ratshit afterwards. CTH was killed, tankiejerk appeared and 196 then started doing anti-tankie stuff. The entire anti-tankie discourse ramped up at that time.
yeah the usual explanation that it’s just know-it-all yank teenagers really isn’t convincing to me. even to the dorkiest friendless reddit 14 year old there’s nothing cool about bein a NATO lib.
yeah i used to post there pretty frequently back from the 195 days and i remembered the anti tankie stuff just started popping up out of nowhere over the course of just two weeks at one point.