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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep seeing this instance is overrun with tankies so hey, lets do an informal survey like I've seen on hexbear

respond with YES or NO in the first line of your comment and i'll tally everything in a couple of days, lets say I'll try and collect everything on the sunday the 9th (10+gmt sorry)

not sure thisll work, be nice, have fun

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[-] Pieresqi@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's the definition of tankie ?

[-] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

It originally meant someone who supported the USSR's intervention in the 1956 Hungarian revolution. Now it means whatever the labeler wants it to mean, usually as a means of punching left.

[-] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Dealers choice, no wait thats me, colour me surprised, it feels like one of those words that basically means whatever you want it to mean ay this point, answer the question bub ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

People who root for the tanks when pictures of tiananmen square are posted.

[-] SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“The term ‘tankie’ was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to suppress the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.”

See: Tankie - Wikipedia

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Explained in this post to !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world.

Supposedly it is a pejorative label applied to authoritarian communists, particularly Marxist–Leninist socialists. I presume it is the "pejorative" part that people do not like, b/c many of the places labelled as tankies by others unabashedly do precisely that!

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I've only used the term twice myself, both kinda self-questioning what it even means, but if it is truly pejorative, then I should stop regardless.

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't feel bad using a pejorative for fascists. Neither do I feel bad using a pejorative for other authoritarians. Their disrespect for human dignity, liberty, and worth disqualifies them for protection against such a minor indignity.

Tankies is fine for anyone on the side of the tanks at Tiananmen Square.

[-] EchoCT@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

That's not even where the term originates. Come on, if you're going to use the term at least do the 10 second Google search.

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