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Christ, do you not remember the build-up to the 2022 invasion?
"It's continuously strawmanning"
to point out the points literally paraded by tankies?
"and a massive waste of energy"
Not sure how much energy you think posting a meme takes up.
Venting?
Public awareness? Since apparently there are an endless stream of people like you who are not aware of tankies saying shite like this?
I'm not trying to convince red fascists. That would be as futile as trying to convince any other fascist.
To be fair I don't remember the build up that well because my mom was dying.
I'm saying it's strawmanning because I am on hexbear frequently that's called a tankie hive, I read .ml posts and comments which is called a tankie hive, I see users quoted that are called 'tankies' but rarely does anyone else even agree with them, being a small minority view if they say something like Russia or China can never do any bad. Or just entirely misunderstood. Things like homophobia and racism in countries like Russia are critiqued plenty even by people who think these countries are fighting against western imperialism.
One meme isn't a lot of energy but it seems to take up a decent amount of space in your view, but to me it just seems a lot more rare than people that complain about it think.
That is a big fat lie. And you know it.
It really is my experience, link me to or screencap what you consider a 'tankie' post.