Because the popular image of “communists” are “weird tankie guys” who like read weird dead people and somehow are soyboys but also simultaneously want to oppress women.
I think that’s just an insular internet thing. I don’t even know what the popular perception of communists are. Probably just loud and annoying? Or someone who likes Russia a lot. There isn’t really a coherent view of communism among people who aren’t already into it.
Really? I heard the “communist are the true sexist akushally!” take a few times already, its being spread by the breadtube streamer crowd, who popularized ‘tankie’ as well.
Because the popular image of “communists” are “weird tankie guys” who like read weird dead people and somehow are soyboys but also simultaneously want to oppress women.
I think that’s just an insular internet thing. I don’t even know what the popular perception of communists are. Probably just loud and annoying? Or someone who likes Russia a lot. There isn’t really a coherent view of communism among people who aren’t already into it.
Really? I heard the “communist are the true sexist akushally!” take a few times already, its being spread by the breadtube streamer crowd, who popularized ‘tankie’ as well.
Might depend on your social group and location. I live in the south where communist just means “extra left Democrat who also likes Russia.”