this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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Now that the old Hexbear fork has been officially abandoned, this community will be used as a space for meta-discussion on the site itself.

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db0 and Unruffled have both been banned for reactionary behavior and, in the case of the former, DM harassment.

Due to these irreconcilable differences we thought it only right to allow the community to weigh in on defederating immediately.

According to this person "tankie" is anyone that criticizes the privilege of white westerners in the imperial core who have been privileged and comfortable their entire lives off of the backs of colonized people.

Further context can be found in this thread

https://hexbear.net/post/2484423

As always, use dean-smile to vote for federation and dean-frown to vote for defederation.

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[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’d be correct for feeling that way. 95% of people are using it unironically and applying the term incorrectly. The other 5% are people identifying as tankies

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And from what I've seen the 5% that identify as it most often use it when explaining where the term came from hah