• goatM
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    12 days ago

    lol no it’s not. You can be a communist and not be a tankie. Tankies are hardly communists themselves.

    Tankies are authoritarians and defend authoritarianism. Do not use apologia.

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      I don’t think communism works without authoritarianism. Communism leads to mass starvation and totalitarianism in the end.

      I think a lot of people would define tankie as someone who is communist or far left. The the key characteristic of a tankie is rejecting factual information in favor of beliefs

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      12 days ago

      You genuinely have never heard it used in a pejorative way against any red? I never said all commies were tankies. I explained the words etymology and then its subsequent broad (mis)application in current online parlance. Hope you’re not reading theory with those comprehension skills, comrade.

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        12 days ago

        I’m not the one lacking in reading comprehension.

        Do you not believe that the tankies featured in this community are indeed tankies?

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          12 days ago

          What I’m saying is that whilst actual Tankies did, and still do, exist you do not have to be one to be called one. It’s now become a catch-all slur applied well outside of its original target.

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              1 day ago

              That’s really tickled me…

              Nice to see humour still exists out there. I can’t believe how all these (apparently) politically literate people (I think predominantly they’re Yanks) throw around these words: fascist, Tankies, liberal, libertarian, conservative etc with little precision. It’s a pity as all it does is stifle interactions - and no one will find common ground. Good way to keep the serfs under the cosh if they’re all bickering amongst themselves.

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            12 days ago

            Do the posts in this community feature tankies?