Talk:Tankies

From RationalWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Icon communism.svg

This Communism related article has not received a brainstar for quality. Please consider expanding the article appropriately. See RationalWiki:Article rating for more information.

Steelbrain.png

I like how there’s no mention about tankies fighting fascism and imperialism in this article[edit]

Biased much? Such as Mao, who was an avowed antifascist. TankieAndProud (talk) 20:40, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

It's irrelevant to the topic. Being an antifascist or not is not determinative of being a tankie. The criterion for being a tankie is defending communist abuses (the Holodomor, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Soviet purges, the Great Leap Forward, etc.) after the facts are indisputable. FYI, our Communist glossary was co-authored with a self-described communist (User:AprilIsTrying). Bongolian (talk) 21:23, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

AprilIsTrying[edit]

@Bongolian nothing against April, she was probably the best far-left user this site ever had as far as I remember. But personally I don't think that statements made by other user should be used in the mainspace. Would you use me as a source regarding neoliberalism, for instance? I honestly would like to know that. That being said, if you disagree with me and/or others agree with you, I won't dispute the edit. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 11:13, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

If we want people to take this site seriously, we probably shouldn't be citing internet randos as sources. We gave Luigifan shit for citing himself before, and this doesn't seem that far removed. Antares (talk) 11:20, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
Yeah, I was actually thinking about Luigifan citing himself when I made this post. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 11:23, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
I don't have a problem with deleting that statement. Bongolian (talk) 16:22, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
I would rather see it removed-even though the statement itself is innocuous I am worried about the floodgate it would open.-Flandres (talk) 18:15, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

This article is biased and all wrong[edit]

It gets a lot of facts wrong about communist figures and it's written like a hit piece. Based Tankie (talk) 20:26, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

So - could you give four or five facts which the article gets wrong about communist figures? If there are "lots" that should be an easy ask.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 13:11, 6 October 2025 (UTC)