• UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT
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    1 year ago

    Nothing tankie about this. Do conservatives just use it as a kind of slur because they heard progressives using it?

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      1 year ago

      It’s (basically) used to describe communists that still support authoritarian regimes such as the ussr, China, and north korea

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      I’ve not really heard conservatives use it, mostly lefties who want to distance themselves as far as they can from it.