• Fish [Indiana]
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          3 hours ago

          Anyone who uses the word “tankie” as a pejorative is a dumbass and needs to touch grass. Same goes for people who defend people’s use of the word “tankie”.

          The term tankie is used to vilify leftists and sow division amongst leftists. It is also used by chronically online liberals to describe anyone who is left of center.

          Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

          • It’s used as a pejorative for authoritarian “leftists”, e.g. people who could barely be considered left-wing and have more in common with right-wing authoritarians, and who praise authoritarian governments like Russia/China.

            Other people on the left don’t want to be associated with that shit, and rightfully so.

          • SeattleRain@lemmy.world
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            3 hours ago

            Tankies aren’t leftists, they’re state capitalists which is an even stupider version of capitalism than the normal kind. Even the Chinese abandoned you foolish tankies.