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If you wanna go pick a fight. Keep the instance name out of your damn mouth. Fight your own battles.

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[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Originally it was a label Trotskyites used to criticize Stalinists (aka ML's). A bit of inter-communist sectarianism. The specific line was something like "they support where ever the soviet tanks roll". Specifically it came from the suppression of the Hungarian revolts. But it more broadly meant having uncritical support for the USSR and everything it does.

But now we're 30+ years after the fall of the USSR, so its definition has spiraled into any westerner who opposes western imperialism. For example: an anarchist might use it to criticize an ML outright cheering Russian victories in Ukraine. In turn, a liberal will use it to criticize the same anarchist for opposing NATO.

[-] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

In turn, a liberal will use it to criticize the same anarchist for opposing NATO

This used to happen to me all the time. I would start talking about imperialism and I’d get called a tankie and told to fuck off. No longer consider myself an anarchist but still.

[-] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

For example: an anarchist might use it to criticize an ML outright cheering Russian victories in Ukraine. In turn, a liberal will use it to criticize the same anarchist for opposing NATO.

This happens all the time and its infruiating

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