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I tried explaining my problems with tankies without calling them tankies. In fact, I used their own terminology to describe my disagreement with them. It, uh... well it doesn't make a lot of sense.

George Orwell fought in the Spanish civil war on the side of the Marxists. His army was betrayed by the Marxist-Leninists. After that experience, he wrote 1984, in which a totalitarian government uses "newspeak" to suppress dissent by suppressing the very ideas that people are capable of communicating. I don't think it's a coincidence that Marxist-Leninists describe their disagreements in terms that turn criticism of them into gibberish. I think it's exactly what Orwell was writing about based on his experiences.

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[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Editing your comment to add 7 paragraphs after it's already been argued with is very bad manners. I'm going to delete my comment because after you've inserted 7 paragraphs of rebuttal before it, I'm sure it's no longer relevant or persuasive.

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I agree that it's bad manners. I accidentally hit reply before I was done. Idk what to tell you, shit happens.

But That's why I summarized. But it's deeply immature of you to look for any excuse to not engage with someone who is disagreeing with you in good faith.