• goatM
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    1 month 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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      1 month 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 month ago

        Do the posts in this community feature tankies?

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          1 month 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.