his take is reactionary garbage and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. most other tankies i know don’t parrot conservative talking points about trans people
None of this is to defend Nutomic’s views as stated here, I firmly disagree with them. However, the idea that communists are supposed to be transphobic is just not true, generally. Cuba even has one of the world’s most progressive family codes, and the GDR was one of the world’s most progressive states towards the end of its existence. Marxism provides a framework that enables liberation of all oppressed peoples.
Apology would be extremely surprising. Both of the main lemmy devs are well know hard-core tankies.
What’s a tankie? (Serious question)
A pejorative for communist, similar to “pinko,” “commie,” and “red.” See this Prolewiki article on “Tankies,” as well as Nia Frome’s essay “Tankies.”
hi, tankie here
his take is reactionary garbage and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. most other tankies i know don’t parrot conservative talking points about trans people
hope this helps
He’s the Putin kind of tankie though.
Communists tend to be the most supportive of trans liberation, I recommend reading Feinberg’s Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue as well as Nia Frome’s The Problem of Recognition in Transitional States, or Sympathy for the Monster.
None of this is to defend Nutomic’s views as stated here, I firmly disagree with them. However, the idea that communists are supposed to be transphobic is just not true, generally. Cuba even has one of the world’s most progressive family codes, and the GDR was one of the world’s most progressive states towards the end of its existence. Marxism provides a framework that enables liberation of all oppressed peoples.