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minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down22·1 year agoNo one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics (Edit: I think your frustration is really more with the mainstream media and what news they choose to cover and amplify)
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down11·1 year agoIt’s the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests. The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.
minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down13·1 year agoI get the original etymology. Nowadays it’s carelessly used and appropriated like ‘woke’
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down14·1 year agoWhat about “lib” and “zio”? Those are kind of new and exciting. All the kids are doing it.
minus-squaresuperniceperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down5·1 year agoI’m pretty sure those are used accurately as specific types of fascists.
minus-squaresakodak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down6·1 year ago the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests. Did you know that was recently revealed (through Trump’s jfk doc dump) to be yet another CIA backed fake color revolution?
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minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down7·1 year agoTankie is in no way a pejorative for Progressive. Hell progressives are usually the ones using it. I wouldn’t even say tankies pretend to be Progressive.
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·1 year agoSo Bernie and AOC are tankies to you?
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minus-squareOBJECTION!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·1 year agoA tankie is anyone who objects when I do this: shits pants Wow, lots of tankies in here taking the bait lol
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No one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics
(Edit: I think your frustration is really more with the mainstream media and what news they choose to cover and amplify)
It’s the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests.
The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.
I get the original etymology. Nowadays it’s carelessly used and appropriated like ‘woke’
What about “lib” and “zio”?
Those are kind of new and exciting. All the kids are doing it.
I’m pretty sure those are used accurately as specific types of fascists.
Did you know that was recently revealed (through Trump’s jfk doc dump) to be yet another CIA backed fake color revolution?
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Tankie is in no way a pejorative for Progressive. Hell progressives are usually the ones using it. I wouldn’t even say tankies pretend to be Progressive.
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So Bernie and AOC are tankies to you?
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A tankie is anyone who objects when I do this: shits pants
Wow, lots of tankies in here taking the bait lol
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