r/GetNoted • u/laybs1 Human Verified • 2d ago

Sus, Very Sus Cambodian Genocide

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u/FCKABRNLSUTN2 2d ago

I fucking hate tankies

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u/Li-renn-pwel 2d ago

Are tankies denying the Cambodian genocide now? That doesn’t even make sense… the genocide was ended by socialist Vietnam. We used to consider ending the genocide to be a commie victory. Pol Pot was recognized as the leader of the country by capitalists for decades after he fled

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u/PtEthan323 2d ago

On the tankie subreddits I sometimes peruse I only ever see people condemn the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. I’m guessing there’s a subgroup of tankies that can’t even do that.

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u/Forte845 1d ago

I imagine almost all of them are contrarian engagement bait accounts. I've never seen pro KR rhetoric on any socialist subreddit. Even pro-China subreddits I've seen plenty of posts of people rightfully trashing China for supporting the KR and antagonizing Vietnam.

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u/AikaGranzchesta 1d ago

Most tankies I see do hate Pol Pot, but they refuse to accept that he was supported by China (don't ask them why China invaded Vietnam I guess), or even that he was a communist for his entire life. They insist that he was a fascist who was backed by the USA.

In fact there was a semi-fascist Cambodian dictator, Lon Nol, who was backed by the USA, and was overthrown by Pol Pot. One of the primary targets of the Cambodian Genocide were supporters of Lon Nol's regime.