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[-] pixeltree 7 points 2 weeks ago

Nah commies are cool, tankies aren't

[-] Konkyer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

There is no form of commie in the world that libs won't decry as a tankie anyway. Don't bother playing into the word games.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yea there is, the ones who don't glorify and call brutal dictators "silly boy"

[-] pixeltree 2 points 2 weeks ago

Believe it or not there are communists that aren't authoritarian bootlickers. I feel bad for them having to overcome the tankies image problem

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

they are the same thing.

tankie is just a generic derogatory slang for leftist.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

wikipedia says its a generic pejorative to define marxist-leninists. so, just as i said?

bonus points for the AuThoRiTharian trope.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

How interesting the actual view from Wikipedia doesn't line up with that at all🤔

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nope, it is clearly defined.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.

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