• tanteregenbogenOPA
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      2 months ago

      Also in that one thread where a dude said that dictatorships are bad regardless of fash or tankie and so many people took issue with it claiming it was a both sides argument and false equivalency. That is where I found the cowbee comments.

      It is also sad how much tankie rot is on lemmy.world according to that comments section.

      • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        “dictatorships are bad”

        “now slow down there, pardner, there’s some nuance here you ain’t seein’”

        Lolwut

        Imagine being pro dictatorship, or even trying to justify why your dictatorship is actually good.

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          As someone who commented there, I feel the split in opinion is illustrated by the hypothetical statement: “I oppose pedophiles, whether they’re in the White House or doing drag.”

          A normal response would be “Yeah, okay, but why’d you bring drag into this?”

          Claiming that the *.ml issue was with decrying dictatorships instead of conflating them with right-wing fascists, is disingenuous.

          They have horseshoed around so that they’re rubbing shoulders with fascists, but we don’t have to (pretend to?) be ignorant to catch them slipping.