Why aren’t these guys in jail? Seriously. I mean, I know the theory of the rule of law and all, but even our widely-acclaimed greatest president suspended habeas corpus when insurgent secotionists tried to overthrow the Union.

Throughout human history, laws have never stopped conservatism. Jails have never stopped conservatism. Pacifism has never stopped conservatism. Only force has ever stopped conservatism. Only force.

Careful or you’ll get called a tankie

People get called that when they’re pretending to be far left while urging everyone to take the exact actions the Repubs want them to take.

Is this code for “people who aren’t voting for Joe Biden”?

Tankie is the pro-authoritarian left. The Stalinists essentially. The ones who think it’s appropriate to send in the tanks to quell a socialist or communist uprising because it has a tint of democracy in it, which may cause their strong leader to lose dictatorial power.

Funny thing is, in all my life I’ve never met anyone on the left that was pro authoritarian. Seems like a made up faux news boogeyman

It depends on whether you consider PRC and Stalin “left.” There are plenty of their supporters out on the internet.