GrainneSep 7, 2025

Banned from Lefty Memes for not agreeing with the complexity of Stalin *having* to ally with Hitler to invade Poland.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/52771657

Banned from Lefty Memes for not agreeing with the complexity of Stalin *having* to ally with Hitler to invade Poland. - Divisions by zero

Apparently I’m now a shitlib for not buying into this disgusting tankie propaganda that it was all the Wests fault and Stalin had to ally with Hitler. For a mod who loves to ban others for bad jacketing, they sure have no problem doing it to other anarchists. The Ban: [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/2582c55b-d28a-45e1-8723-52a159f0ae20.webp] The Context: [https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/0b660c79-5faa-4669-89bd-639987323941.webp]

Show threadDenjinSep 7, 2025
I love how all tankie defense boils down to “dO yOuR OwN ReSeArCh”
Show threadA_norny_mousseSep 7, 2025
Wish it was only tankies. But with them, there’s the additional implication that all aspects of Soviet history are public knowledge, and if you do not know these things that alone makes you a …
Show threadLibertyLizard
My experience with these people is that they are extremely selectively informed about Soviet history. So ironically they are actually quite ignorant on the topic, but they expect only their very specific cherry-picked facts and interpretations to be well understood by everyone, but none of the context or intervening events that might paint the USSR as anything other than the most benevolent organization in all of history.
Sep 7, 2025 at 4:30pmWeb
Show threadA_norny_mousseSep 7, 2025
True. You’re probably closer than me.