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Are you a 'tankie'
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Tankie originally referred to authoritarian communists, but over the past couple of years I've seen it referred to, like, anyone significantly to the left of the Democratic Party. Former suck, very much aspire to be part of the latter.
I'm going to work hard to redefine 'Tankie' as someone who cosplays as a Decepticon, just so that political discourse becomes even more intolerably meaningless.
/s I'm not going to do this, it would take effort.
"Tankies" is the title of a YA dystopia novel by Scott Westerfeld.