A very interesting insight into the psychology of the tankie, and a good explanation why they so quickly stop attempting to state facts in support of their cause, because it isn’t based on them, but instead on pure unadulterated juvenile feelings.
It’s notable how the theme is always “Russia and China are great but the US very, very bad!!”. Not based on any defensible logic or facts though.
Ah yes,
We will never side with Ukraine, because we know America is not fighting for good.
This is a very normal and natural post for someone to make.
Critical support for genocide of Ukrainians, clearly. We’re just too liberal-fascist to understand the broader picture of how a capitalist oligarchy genociding civilians in pursuit of imperialist aims is Good For Socialism, Actually
Really saying the quiet part out loud, huh? Nothing deeper to the ideology than being anti-America, even if it means the destruction and genocide of third-parties. Because America bad, and nothing is ever more important than that.
It appears that the poster is a native Hawaiian, some of which whom are anti-colonial us/pro Hawaiian independence movement. In that case, yes they do hate America. I had the pleasure of taking a class with a pro independence Hawaiian woman who was 19 years old many years ago. This was in the mainland United States and not Hawaii. She repeatedly used racist terminology to disparage and attack the white student body of the very not Hawaiian campus.
It was kind of weird, tbh. But she was a very angry person in general and not pleasant to talk to you. Not that she would actually interact or talk to white people, mind you.
Love how they always use a bunch of excuses to support Russia while ignoring the fact that Russia is doing and has done all the terrible things they complain about. But of course they refuse to admit their crimes even happened, regardless of evidence.
I’ve been on the internet for a long time. Seen plenty of gore, plenty of horrific stuff. But nothing that will stick with me the way some of the Ukrainian War footage will. God help them over there. I can’t even imagine what it’s like living under the shadow of those atrocities, much less experiencing them.
For that reason, I have no sympathy for tankies who play ‘both sides’ or ‘critical support’ games. It’s genocide apologism, nothing less.
Hilarious that the screed they’ve typed is only protected under the First Amendment of the country they wish didn’t exist. That last bit would get them jailed in Russia, and if they took a similar stance against the Chinese leadership, they’d be vacationing in a re-education camp before Thanksgiving.