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Tankie is what centrist liberals call everyone to the left of them
I've never been called a tankie, and neither have any of my friends or girlfriends. And we're all communists.
Maybe you're being called a tankie because you're a radical centrist.
.world definitely has a problem distinguishing between Tankies and leftists. I've literally had a guy argue with me that tankie and Bernie Bro were interchangeable because, "definitions change."
Well I love Bernie. When he told me he wasn't running in 2024, and he wanted me to support Kamala, I listened. And I've never been called a tankie. Maybe it comes down to individual differences.
I also voted for Kamala and I also haven't been called a tankie (at least yet). But I've seen multiple liberals on .world call leftists tankies, often without understanding the meaning. At first, I found it very strange, since I'd only ever seen that term used in leftist circles. It made more sense when I realized they picked it up from .ml, which, to be fair, had a lot of fucking tankies.
Ohhh, so it's the tankies who are responsible for this. That makes sense.
That reminds me of how Israel tells everyone that killing people is part of the Jewish identity, and then complains when people believe them
You're a tankie, you voted for someone who sent tanks to a genocidal regime, that makes you a tankie.
Now you can't say you've never been called a tankie.
I've only ever been called a tankie by a tankie who was making some kind of point
But you have been called a tankie
Which is pretty suspicious honestly
I was once called a tankie just for critiquing the fact that Kamala didn't clearify her positions on her campaign website, even though I voted for her anyway the fact that I didn't show unquestioning loyalty to the party makes me a tankie... Wait a minute... Demanding unquestioning loyalty to the party... Where have I heard that before?
Yeah but caring about that apparently makes me a "single issue voter" and a "tankie", liberals are absolute jokes
That’s because nobody is called “tankie” in real life. No one has called me a “tankie” either. The term’s contemporary usage is a creature of social media. It’s a dumb, cringey online meme.
Hmmmmmmmmmm... nah. It's from the 1950s. They didn't have 9gag back then
Again:
But also: JFK Files Reveal CIA Role in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising | The tankies were right
So you're a tankie in real life?
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
And none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word
Tankies dont say slava ukranini!
Of course not: it’s a slogan that came directly from the fascist Banderites. Why would communists, who have shed more blood fighting fascists than anyone, adopt a fascist slogan?
Jacobin, 2015: Who Was Stepan Bandera?
What's a ukranini? Like a Ukrainian panini?
Also I want peace and prosperity for all people of Ukraine and I've been called a tankie lots of times
Russia needs to completely pull out of Ukraine then you will have peace.
I want peace and prosperity for all Ukrainians.
You want to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian
We are not the same
The ukranians are fighting to protect their country out of free will. Stop victim blaming, you should spend your energy telling Russia to knock it off.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_conscription_crisis
Hmmm so much free will going on here
I've got bad news for you...
Isnt radical centrist an oxymoron?
Yeah, supporting workers and dictators at the same time is pretty oxymoronic. But it's perfectly balanced, as all things should be
I don't think you know what communism actually is.
You too, hun.