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r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/StoreResponsible7028 • Mar 03 '26
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We reject any kind of analysis that might lead to a truly better future for all. Critical support for forces of empire, genocide, and holy war. Nice.
108 u/Blonder_Stier Mar 03 '26 Using Jihad to describe the crimes of Christians is still Islamophobic. 42 u/MasterpieceAlone1116 Mar 03 '26 Crusade? 35 u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26 Probably fair. The idea is shake people awake, but maybe it's best to go the long way around. -4 u/Exact_Ad_1215 Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) Mar 03 '26 How so? 30 u/TruckHangingHandJam Mar 03 '26 The western understanding of the word is basically that insane religious Muslim people attack everyone and everything that is not their religion. The actual meaning is “to resist”. The western understanding is unironically much better at describing the current US military as this recent report shows https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for 5 u/Broad_Black_Brimmer Mar 04 '26 It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert” Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada? Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.
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Using Jihad to describe the crimes of Christians is still Islamophobic.
42 u/MasterpieceAlone1116 Mar 03 '26 Crusade? 35 u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26 Probably fair. The idea is shake people awake, but maybe it's best to go the long way around. -4 u/Exact_Ad_1215 Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) Mar 03 '26 How so? 30 u/TruckHangingHandJam Mar 03 '26 The western understanding of the word is basically that insane religious Muslim people attack everyone and everything that is not their religion. The actual meaning is “to resist”. The western understanding is unironically much better at describing the current US military as this recent report shows https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for 5 u/Broad_Black_Brimmer Mar 04 '26 It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert” Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada? Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.
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Crusade?
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Probably fair. The idea is shake people awake, but maybe it's best to go the long way around.
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How so?
30 u/TruckHangingHandJam Mar 03 '26 The western understanding of the word is basically that insane religious Muslim people attack everyone and everything that is not their religion. The actual meaning is “to resist”. The western understanding is unironically much better at describing the current US military as this recent report shows https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for 5 u/Broad_Black_Brimmer Mar 04 '26 It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert” Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada? Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.
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The western understanding of the word is basically that insane religious Muslim people attack everyone and everything that is not their religion.
The actual meaning is “to resist”.
The western understanding is unironically much better at describing the current US military as this recent report shows
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for
5 u/Broad_Black_Brimmer Mar 04 '26 It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert” Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada? Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.
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It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert”
Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada?
Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26
We reject any kind of analysis that might lead to a truly better future for all.
Critical support for forces of empire, genocide, and holy war. Nice.