Even if you disagree with them, Trotskyists are not tankies, simple Marxists aren’t tankies, leftists curious and exploring different theories aren’t tankies, and ffs anarchists like myself are not tankies.
I feel like “tankie” indicated a very specific worldview at one time, but it’s been used lately a lot to mean things like “doesn’t agree with nations supporting oppression and inequity up to and including genocide” – which is drastically at odds with how I’ve seen the term used in the past, no?
There are almost certainly bad actors (paid trolls) infiltrating leftist spaces, both as extremists and “concerned centrists” attempting to divide, confuse, and disrupt any communities that are developing. I believe one of the big goals is to encourage violence and extremism. They had a lot of success with this among young men and teens, pushing fascist ideology. Now they are trying the same on the left. If not that, then division and confusion will also be satisfactory.
As for “liberals”, give me a break. There is no liberal invasion. Again it’s trolls. Don’t fall for it.
Don’t be paranoid, just be aware.
Hmmm I’ve looked at a lot of liberals’ comment histories in the fediverse, and they seem like they’re being genuine. This doesn’t sound right. I think it’s very dangerous to assume everyone is a troll.
As much as I dislike the liberal shit, I’m not fond of dehumanizing people by assuming they’re all bots, shills, and trolls. I think it’s misconceptions like that which cause the really harmful division.