• 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.

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      Centrists call anyone to the left of Manchin a tankie, regardless of their actual positions.