Calling someone a tankie is saying “You’re a piece of shit not only because you support these atrocities, but you dare call yourself a communist while doing so.”
I think the term does not mean what it meant a long time ago as even the Wikipedia article states that there’s already like 7 definitions of it. The original definition is not even related to the Tank Man which is its most popular reference these days.
After the Prague Spring, the term was used to describe Communist party members of Western countries who had supported the invasion of Czechoslovakia
I see no reason to for the arbitrary limitation to only call Communists Tankies as we could also start a semantics discussion that China and Russia aren’t exactly communist countries anymore.
Interesting. I’ve legitimately never heard of the word being used in any context other than what I described. Thank you for sharing.
I still feel weird calling Biden a tankie, though I do see where you’re coming from.
He’s not a tankie: “tankie” only really applies to people that call themselves communists. The insult “tankie” was invented by communists calling out the hypocrisy of some of their self-proclaimed “fellow communists”.
Calling someone a tankie is saying “You’re a piece of shit not only because you support these atrocities, but you dare call yourself a communist while doing so.”
Oh wow, that’s pretty definitive. Looks like the meaning I’ve understood is correct – according to Wikipedia at least (which I tend to trust).
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world what do you think? It looks like you may be misusing the term.
I think the term does not mean what it meant a long time ago as even the Wikipedia article states that there’s already like 7 definitions of it. The original definition is not even related to the Tank Man which is its most popular reference these days.
I see no reason to for the arbitrary limitation to only call Communists Tankies as we could also start a semantics discussion that China and Russia aren’t exactly communist countries anymore.