not_IOMar 1

..?

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39276944

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Show threadAllNewTypeFaceMar 1
Now watch all the tankies praise him as a honorary socialist
Show threadWereHackerMar 1
I am trying to get someone to explain what tankie means. People call me tankie from time to time, but I have no love for the iranian goverment.
Show threadporous_grey_matterMar 1
A “tankie” is just anyone to the left of you
Show threadSupraMario
You guys are easy to spot these days.
Mar 1 at 1:44pmWeb
Show threadporous_grey_matterMar 1
You can see from the question that poster asked that, whatever clear definition about authoritarianism or whatever you think it has, that’s just not how people are actually using it. Centrists will use it for Mamdani supporters, DSA-types will use it for Marxist-Leninists, and anarchists will use it for almost literally anyone.
Show threadZombieMar 1

“Tankie” is just a derogatory term for anyone to the left of the person saying it

anarchists will use it for almost literally anyone

Great logic. Almost as if you’re speaking shite, unless anarchists are on the right now…

Show threadporous_grey_matterMar 1
No, I’m just accusing them of throwing around words that mean nothing
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 1
Kinda like how tankies think everyone is a fascist (except for other tankies, of course)?
Show threadSatansMaggotyCumFartMar 1
Can you show an example of people calling Mamdani supporters tankies please?
Show threadporous_grey_matterMar 1
Sorry, I don’t save links to random stupid internet comments
Show threadJcbAzPxMar 1
You should probably start doing that if you’re going to use them as core components of your online arguments.
Show threadporous_grey_matterMar 1
Nah lol
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 1
Can’t, because it didn’t happen.
Show threadwonderingwandererMar 1

No one calls Mamdani a tankie, but I have seen tankies calling Mamdani a fascist. They clearly don’t know what fascism is.

Centrists also don’t use the term “tankie.” If anything they call everyone on the left a socialist (as if it’s a bad thing) or a communist or a radical leftist.

“Tankie” is specifically a word people on the left use to refer to auth-comms.

Show threadwonderingwandererMar 1
“If they don’t lick bolshevik boots, they’re a fascist” -average tankie
Show threadVoteNixon2016Mar 1

anarchists will use it for almost literally anyone

I mean, yeah? Like the most basic understanding of anarchy is that hierarchy is a bad thing, so it applies to a lot of political philosophies