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minus-squarepieland@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agobut in all seriousness, i believe it’s a derogatory term for a communist
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThat’s how people unaware of the diversity within left spaces use the term. Communists aren’t always tankies
minus-squareNico198X@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agonot all communists. Tankie is specifically for the authoritarian Left
minus-squareSpaniard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTankies are the Stalinists, Maoists and modern defenders of North Korea (Authoritarian left).
but in all seriousness, i believe it’s a derogatory term for a communist
That’s how people unaware of the diversity within left spaces use the term. Communists aren’t always tankies
not all communists. Tankie is specifically for the authoritarian Left
Tankies are the Stalinists, Maoists and modern defenders of North Korea (Authoritarian left).