• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    … that’s not the definition of “imperialist,” my dear tankie.

    Uh huh.

    You’re trying to deny labelling them a tankie now? That’s just a blatant lie.

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      You’re trying to deny labelling them a tankie now? That’s just a blatant lie.

      Another straw man. Try again.

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            I actually agree with you on that. However, “being too prone to using Marxist definitions and terminology” does not warrant labelling them as a “tankie” or “Russian propagandist.”

            That’s not what I was asserting, no.

            Is there a reason you’re dancing around this instead of explaining what you meant by this? You’re just trolling.

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                Is that better? Or do I need a Russian or Korean translator?

                Jesus Christ, try to keep your racism in check.

                I’m stubbornly refusing to hold your hand through English comprehension or logic because I don’t respect you.

                Well then, I guess this is the conversational path you wanted, where we yell at each other over easily resolved misunderstandings because you decided to be a dick. Entirely your choice, not mine.

                THAT IS NOT THE REASON I LABELED THEM A TANKIE, BUT I DID IN FACT LABEL THEM A TANKIE (FOR OTHER REASONS I EXPLAINED ELSEWHERE

                Yeah, hey, and what were those reasons you explained in the linked thread? Let’s check:

                The problem we’re discussing is that tankies employ definitions gymnastics

                Oh hey, what do you know? You’re labelling them a tankie because they’re too prone to using Marxist definitions!

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                  Jesus Christ, try to keep your racism in check.

                  Ah, more tankie logic; “Anti-Russian and Anti-North-Korean sentiment can only come from a place of racism.”

                  Well then, I guess this is the conversational path you wanted, where we yell at each other over easily resolved misunderstandings because you decided to be a dick. Entirely your choice, not mine.

                  Oh you surely started the douchey behavior. I definitely joined you in the mud, though.

                  Yeah, hey, and what were those reasons you explained in the linked thread? Let’s check:

                  The problem we’re discussing is that tankies employ definitions gymnastics

                  Oh hey, what do you know? You’re labelling them a tankie because they’re too prone to using Marxist definitions!

                  Not all Marxist definitions are mental gymnastics to defend imperialists, no. Until today I thought none of them were, but I haven’t read everything he wrote so you could be right about some of them.

                  Either way, you’re still wrong to assert that I beleive Marxist Definitions = Tankie. Marx wasn’t a tankie.

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                    Ah, more tankie logic; “Anti-Russian and Anti-North-Korean sentiment can only come from a place of racism.”

                    No, suggesting that I need a translator is what’s racist.

                    Either way, you’re still wrong to assert that I beleive Marxist Definitions = Tankie. Marx wasn’t a tankie.

                    Funny, that’s not what I said. Unlike you, I’ll explain the distinction, though you probably won’t see it. I said that you accused this specific person of being a tankie based on their tendency to use Marxist definitions, not that you do the same to anyone who uses any Marxist terminology.