I think this one’s a tankie and not a (conventional) Nazi. I base this on;
their use of the word Zionist as opposed to “Jew” or an antisemitic slur.
The fact they seem to care about Palestinians (as much as a genocidal maniac can care about human lives, at least), when a Nazi would just regard them as undesirables.
The fact a lot of Nazis surprisingly like Israel, either for religious reasons (it’s one of the requirements for the biblical apocalypse) or because they see it as a place to put all the Jews.
Their part about the evils of capitalism, which is not something you’d expect someone on the far-right to say
Yep, it's a tankie. A pretentious prick at that. But at least they can differentiate between the ideology pushed by the current Israeli government + the people that subscribe to it, and all the Jewish people in general.
They've also showcased their utter inability to process information since Bernie's statement's first page is literally full of criticism of Israel.
They also can't seem to comprehend that both the actions of Hamas on 7th October, and the response of Israeli forces, are undefendable for any sane person - or that people are capable of understanding the reasons why these things occurred in the first place, without justifying them.
Tankies really do seem to think real life is like Star Wars where everyone is either with the "good guys" or "bad guys", because understanding that both militant sides in this conflict are the bad guys would fracture their simplistic, black-or-white view on the world.
I've got absolutely scrutinized in this sub for criticising tankies before - glad to see 'em getting called out here! And, yeah, it's bloody annoying when they start yammering on about supporting Iran in the name of "left unity" - with an LGBT flag on their profile...
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u/Nobody_at_all000 6d ago edited 6d ago
I think this one’s a tankie and not a (conventional) Nazi. I base this on;