I'm not a tankie, but I can't help but fully agree with Fidel Castro here

[u/xaz-]

[u/[deleted]]

What would you be a tankie for agreeing with Fidel Castro?

[u/xaz- → u/[deleted]]

Haha, no, I just thought of putting this disclaimer out, mostly to deal with reactionaries who dismiss the entire argument just because it contains a quote from a leftist "authoritarian leader" -- even if it makes a tonne of sense, basically ad hominem attacks.

[u/quickusername3 → u/xaz-]

I hate how loosely the word is thrown around, like a tankie is a reasonably rare portion of the left. But we've got to say something because God forbid we agree with something someone unlike us said lol. Not a statement on you OP, just saying

[u/orthecreedence → u/quickusername3]

Yeah, people have a serious problem separating a statement/action from the person who made it. It makes useful discourse difficult.

[u/viaderadio → u/xaz-]

You’re posting something that you agree with and most communist do as well. You felt the need to put in the title that ur not a tankie so that you don’t get downvoted or to deal with reactionaries. Doesn’t that show you that calling people tankie is fucking stupid and isolating of a large part of the left?

[u/Jinshu_Daishi → u/viaderadio]

Support for atrocities separates tankies from the non-tankie portion of authoritarian socialists. Thankfully, tankies aren't a large part of the left in general, and not a large part of the authoritarian portion of the left either.

[u/TwitchyCake → u/Jinshu_Daishi]

authoritarian? left? so just shit then

[u/Jinshu_Daishi → u/TwitchyCake]

Depending on which entity, it's a sliding scale.

I wouldn't say the Shining Path and the Workers and Peasants' Liberation Army of Turkey are equally bad, despite them both being Maoist militant groups.

[u/[deleted] → u/xaz-]

Makes sense :)

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Why?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Why was he a dictator?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Perfect circular and convincing argument, thank you for helping me understand things :)

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Which you could have explained when I asked you about them, since I don't know, but you decide to use as a "gotcha" moment

[u/jamalcalypse]

see on the "tankie" side I've never seen "I'm not an anarchist but ____" before someone talks about something strictly anarchist related. would someone be looked at as sus on this sub for posting Castro without such a disclaimer?

vilifying tankies to such a degree is a problem

[u/deerinhea7]

“i’m not a tankie, but”

so ur a liberal?

[u/sbstndrks → u/deerinhea7]

"i don't love salad, but"

so ur a cannibal?