90 points

How the heck is that US propaganda? It’s historical fact

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82 points

Um, aktually, the Ukronazis started the war in 1991 when they ILLEGALLY declared ‘independence’ from the glorious USSR with a paltry 93% in approval of the plebiscite.

Alternatives or addendums:

  • Crimea was actually invaded by polite green men with no Russian affiliation and the resulting election was completely free and fair
  • Russia was just Defending Ethnic Minorities in the Donbass!
  • NATO provocation mind-controlled Putin into invading
  • Everything started in 2022 and Russian troops were AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKED when all they did was kill a few border guards and try to drive an entire army to Kyiv!
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49 points

Please imagine this meme that I am too lazy to create:

NATO: exists

Is this provocation?

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65 points

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19 points

Tankies = Ruscists = Fascists

Russia was just Defending Ethnic Minorities in the Donbass!

Good old Sudetendeutsche excuse. 卐

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18 points

I believe 4X games tend to label that option “Fabricate a claim”

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19 points

This clears things up. Thank you.

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4 points

Well played, good sir.

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17 points

ml bruh

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13 points

Sometimes facts hurt our feelings and that makes them bad and wrong!

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4 points
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For far right people and tankies facts are propaganda. It’s 1900s all over again.

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33 points

I ask this again? Why is every single major instance still federated with them?

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18 points

Literally what the fuck. We have GEOTAGGED IMAGES OF CONFIRMED ACTIVE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS INVADING UKRAINE IN 2014, and it’s called misinfo.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/opposite-of-opsec-russian-soldier-posts-selfies-from-inside-ukraine/

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12 points

I’m brand new to Lemmy.

I’ve seen multiple comments suggesting that .ml be defederated. It was the first thing I saw when I got here. Sounds like there’s a bad apple and nothing is being done about it

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the main reason is because the people who run lemmy.ml are actually the people whi created lemmy.

Also welcome.

!newcommunities@lemmy.world and !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca are useful for new users.

Also if you’re looking for an instance that has ML defederatrd but is still well federated with everything else I recommend lemmy.cafe

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6 points

It’s the original apple, so it’s historical reasons.

I think it’ll happen though, somebody just needs to bite the bullet and be the first brave one.

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3 points

Its been kind of an ongoing thing, best to just kind of tune out *ml

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2 points

I have zero intention of blocking any .ml but, hilariously, I see they’ve deleted one of my comments. I “think” it was because I had the absolute audacity to suggest that there might be one or two bad apples in Hamas. I’ll still pop by their instances though… I’m secure enough to read things I don’t agree with without having a meltdown and trying to erase it from existence. Having said that I do realise why a lot of people would prefer to sidestep the ml area of the fediverse.

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-25 points

I’m gonna guess because the instance is administrated by lemmy main devs and despite them being tankies the quality of discussion is still higher than in other instances. You can compare lemmy.ml local home with lemmy.world

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26 points

I’ve seen you urging US voters to back third parties despite the mathematical realities of FPTP voting. Of course you prefer discussion on .ml.

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-20 points

I have seen you defending Israel of course you prefer .world

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-21 points

What’s the alternative? Urging them to vote for a fascist or for a genocide supporter?

Lemmy.world home is filled with memes and news from mass media. Lemmy.ml home looks ten times more serious.

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I’ve completely blocked them and lemmy is still decent.

I would have thought there would be more concerns with then breaking US/AU or EU laws by there being content explicitly supporting designated terrorist organisations like hezbollah, which is illegal in most of the western world.

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-6 points

I do not support their tankie mindset and ban policies but i don’t really wish lemmy devs to be persecuted by authorities, especially over comments in an internet forum.

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32 points

Just a simple 3 day invasion. Nothing to see here.

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13 points

on Nov. 19 we are on the 1000th day of the 3 day invasion

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Russia is so glorious and advanced that even their three-day invasions last over 300× longer!

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3 points

In Russia we invade you (and fail)

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9 points

the morons brought their dress uniforms to an invasion believing they’d be needed for the PARADES.

goddamn I can’t tell who’s dumber, putin thinking this shit would work, or the idiots that tried it.

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1 point

I’ve heard that it was just a propaganda quote from a western general and a ten year attrition war is going as planned

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27 points

Speaking of Ukraine, did you know that currently there are North Korean solders contributing to the invasion. Not only 3 day special military operation is taking 3 years, but also russia, by itself, is unable to complete it.

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8 points

I believe it was like 15,000 troops

I wonder if they will use the North Korean strategy for saving resources (not feeding its people)

Also Ukraine has F-16s from the Netherlands (Russia shot down a NL plane killing hundreds of civilians)

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24 points

Boy, they sure are going full Gonzolo Lira over there…

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10 points

It’d be wonderful if all tankies met the same fate he did.

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13 points

I’d much much prefer they live to reevaluate their opinions, but I do understand the sentiment.

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Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!


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Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.

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Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don’t be a dick.

Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.

Apologia(Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.

Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.

Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.

Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.

You’ll be warned if you’re violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.


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