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’m not a tankie nor tankie apologist. Could you explain what was about it (my comment)*?
I may be missing some vernacular or something, but last I checked, the ‘both sides’ argument is used by fascists as a centrist mask.
Same with unity being an important concept in fighting fascism.
So, what am I missing? I’m asking seriously here.
There are authoritarians on both the left and right. They share an uncomfortable amount of traits with one another.
No I know, but my comment was explicitly criticizing (the parent comment, in favor of)* the two arguments I highlighted above. It was deleted without explanation.