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In light of recent events and confusion, I think we would all benefit from having a single, concise definition for the word tankie. Here are my suggestions:

  • Someone who believes that violence has a proper use and that that use isn't "getting bananas for my tum tum"

  • Some dumbass Kremlin bot who thinks that Russia is a country rather than an actual duchy of hell

  • A Neo-Shermanist

  • A fascist in every way, except the ones that matter and also the other ones

  • A hysterical CCP bot who lacks our sensible, rules-based policy of zero-tolerance for the Chinese

  • A MAGAt who thinks that Drumpf was neither the beginning nor the end of our problems, and who thinks it's funny - FUNNY, I SAY - that we're so caught up on him

  • A non-conservative who is mean to me about my opinions

  • Mom, systematically repressing me with a fascist so-called bedtime 😡

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[-] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago
[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Woah, didn't know Lemmy was so full of British Social democrats from the 1950s that really care about Hungary.

[-] Judge_Jury@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

If that was still it's main definition, we'd be hearing a lot less of it

[-] Saizaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

The word has effectively lost all meaning starting with neolib youtubers posing as leftists ( think Vaush etc). I'm an anarchist and got called a tankie for debunking propaganda against 20th century socialist projects. I have my critiques of the communist projects and leaders of the 20th century but apparently if I don't buy CIA propaganda that makes me a tankie.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Before Vaush and after the uprising, it referred to larpers who think that the revolution could just happen tomorrow, and seemed a bit too eager to do violence.

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