Had a heated argument with a tankie who glorified stalin and lenin. So fucking tired. The worst thing he’s a discord mod of a good streamer, and i left the server because i can’t be there anymore. Context: i’m russian whose grand-grandparents were repressed and forcibly relocated. Left Russia several years ago because i didn’t want to support the aggressive war in Ukraine. And his american (no offense to amreicans tho) ass tried to explain me that stalin is an actual hero who singlehandedly saved Europe from fascism, and all repressed were rich “bourgeois land owners” (actually, no. but even if yes, that’s a terrorism). Then he and other user started posting stupid tankie memes. Ofc they ignored my questions how LGBT+, religious groups and small nations were treated and deleted the message. I’m sick of that shit. Needed to vent somewhere.
I feel your frustration. I especially hate the needlessly confrontational ones. I recently started trying to be less confrontational my self, because I finally realized that it’s fruitless and only leaves me distressed, but somehow tankies still blow up at me.
Recently in a comment under a youtube video I dared to vaguely imply that china is flawed and I got people telling me that “china isn’t a dictatorship” and that I should read “neutral news sources” (as if such a thing exists). I didn’t even say anything! Like bloody hell… I barely mentioned it in passing. But I guess implying any flaw is triggering…
Yeah, i see and usually restrain myself from confrontations in public spaces, but that was a discord server of a streamer i watch for more than 5 years. Thankfully, they reached me out to me later, apologized for that mod’s behaviour, and expressed support to me and my position from the whole mods team. So, at least i don’t feel so disappointed anymore