Had some fun with this. Rules:

  1. When a tankie post comes up, post a legitimate, fair argument. Do not argue in bad faith. No matter how nasty the post may be. Legitimately combat the disinformation there by going into their bubble and posting a sane response.
  2. Watch the responses come in. Especially if the post is on the tankie triad.
  3. Don’t feed the trolls. Don’t respond to anything, unless there is actually a legitimate attempt to have a legitimate discussion. Otherwise, start a game of tankie bingo to help prevent yourself from responding to the madness.

Suggestions for expansion welcome.

(Sorry for the double post, sometimes I’m too stupid to use the internet)

  • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    7·
    13 hours ago

    aw this is lovely

    though praising Kim and NK is not a dictatorship seem pretty similar

    and praising Xi and then the CCP one are pretty similar too

    Tankies don’t operate on the basis of parties. They are authoritarians, so when they mean CCP, they mean Xi. When they mean Russia, they mean Putin.

    Some suggestions maybe:

    • using shit sources, like redsails or prolewiki or state media.
    • Posting the comment chain or thread elsewhere. I’ve noticed Tankies like to post threads they need help with to their social spaces. Though that’s harder to determine and otherwise would be a rough space. So maybe not? Maybe just call it a dogpile? But I love dogs
    • Can’t make the argument without mentioning the US. Tankies operate entirely on a West Bad thought process. They can’t make any argument for communism or any of their views without first mentioning the US or the West.
    • Calling for conservatism without realising it. Tankies are almost identical to conservatives. Check out these posts
    • Imperialism/Colonialism is actually good when it’s the kind I like (such as China, Russia or other historic cases)
    • Lib-slur
    • You’re a fascist!
    • That’s hasbara! (Or any variation of “nuhuh”)
    • Posting fake or misleading statistics.
    • ‘Have you read theory bruh?’
    • MALFUNCTION – You can see this all the time when you ask Tankies why their favourite authoritarian countries don’t allow same-sex marriage or queer recognition. It stops them completely in their tracks, and they immediately move on to something else. It’s incredible to see.
    • Mentioning Zionism randomly – Israel and Zionism are really on their mind, and they tend to bring it up whenever they can
    • Encouraging or defending violence
    • ‘That wasn’t real communism’ – Or blaming the failure on some outside force, usually the US
    • Antisemitism – Related to the zionist thing. They usually use Zionist as a dogwhistle, much like neo-nazis, who do the exact same. Horseshoe theory and all that
    • Some jolly consumerism – You’ll rarely see this when arguing with a tankie. But they love their slop, their marvels, their triple-A video games, their microtransactions, and gachas. Yum yum yum. Quite ironic for them to so readily consume corporate media.

    I can go on. pleasant people.