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POV: You live in Eastern Europe, next door to Russia

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I totally made up the whole 1956. It never happened, by common agreement they just moved to 1957 on new years eve in 1955.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Obviously, if you don't insult other people, you're dehumanizing them. This is so fascist, not to swear.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Please do. You are absolutely right, Western leftwingers supporting Russia never existed in the first place.
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Something tells me to tell you the definition of "sarcasm", but of course it does not exist either so I won't.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Is knowledge of definitions an "investment"? Really?
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I am totally absolutely upset about my providing coherent logical definitions. Such a bad habit! I should just replace it with profanities. I'll sign up for swearing workshop next week.
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But you already got me. I admit, Western leftwing intellectuals supporting Russia (and previously, USSR) don't exist. Can I at least have that they existed in 1956 or not even that? Anyway, of course none exist today. I mean, nobody can think of ever a single name if I don't name it, right?
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My comments - tantrum, your comments - not tantrum. Some more logical consistency stuff?
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Of course I can't. To name a Western intellectual suporting Russia? As they (allegedly) say in Japan, impossibiru.
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I totally absolutely cannot ome up with a single one. There was never any Western leftwing intellectual supporting USSR (and Russia afterwards). You win by default. The last tankie quit in mid 1957 (he said "gosh, is it July already? I forgot, I quit!").
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
They are relevant. Maybe not to the current government, but to say they are irrelevant is insane wishful thinking (of course I wish they were completely irrelevant, but unlike some ppl in the us of a, I respect reality and logic).
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's like with quasars, when someone says "they are something else than current science is saying", it might be an interesting conversaion, but "they don't exist: is a convo killer. Have it your way, all tankies disappeared by mid-1957.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
You are actually demand me to name a single Western leftwing inellectual supporting Russia (who supported USSR before 1991)? You never heard of any? They don't exist?
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Defining the terms you are using is not exactly an effort, especially not "on people". You need it for yourself. At least if you care about logical coherency... yeah, that's an effort. So please, put some swear words instead, it's always easier.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You can't think of a single name of a prominent Western intellectual / celebrity / journalist supporting Russia (now) and USSR (when it existed)? I don't believe it. For me, some names are just too plainly obvious.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I do have terms for "centrists and right wingers", but in my native language. As far as I know, in English you have only "tankies". Some of them are unfortunately quite relevant - celebrities, public intellectuals, journalists (etc.).
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just because they arent't, it does not make them "irrelevant". As much as I hate some of the most prominent tankies, I would never use the word "irrelevant" to describe them. Unfortunately, they are still relevant (where is the cancel culture when you need it).
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Are "quasars" relevant to your current systems of power? No. Are they irrelevant? No. Can they be defined? Yes (not sure about you, but I can). Not everything in this universe has to be relevant to your "current systems of power".
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Totally, my responses were "crying", while your responses were laughing (or did not exist, or whatever).
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I never "admitted it’s irrelevance". I just provided the definition of "tankie". In my personal opinion, it is unfortunately quite relevant. They are famous public intellectuals and social media personas who fit the definition and are relevant.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I never said "organization". Western leftwingers supporting Russia now (and USSR before 1991) do exist. Maybe we both wish they did not, but they do. But please do explode with some swear words.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Absolutely not. Who would ever want to do that?
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thanks for getting my joke! For 3 days I was trying to (a) persuade that person that "tankie" actually DOES have a definition, (b) make her define a "centrist", but all I got was the typical American meltdown, full of insults, low on coherency.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The post you are quoting now was a quote itself of the earlier one (however, when I was chaning "tankie" to a "centrist", I also corrected the spelling mistake of the original "theyre"). Again, can you find the original one or you need help with it? Americans will never surprise me, so be my guest.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I got into this convo because someone said ""Tankie" is just a word centrists use to describe imaginary people theyre upset at.". This sentence is simply not true. That's all I'm saying. Are you able to find who wrote it? Do you need some help?
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM