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Ahh, but don't you see: tankies aren't real communists. 🤓
I joined an anarchist discord mascaraded as leftist unity. They unironically said tankies are right wing, aren't communist and that anarchists are the real communists. They also unironically supported NATO. They spoke far and I really mean far more against tankies than against libs, centrists or right wingers. I know hexbear is for leftist unity and I will stay unified, but it definitely left a sour taste and a newly found prejudice.
I do believe that there is a large swath of Western anarchists who aren't active. By active I mean antifascist action in terms of memories or protests, squatting places, food not bombs, creating autonomous or communal spaces, helping labour fights, supporting our 2SLQTBAG allies or alike. This means they are objectively and effectively passive.
If however they start a couple of those things and get theory they often get better, but then they often switch alignments and become anarcho-communist, communalist or alike or different. Or they get good skills. At least some of that was true for me at some point in time.
i challenge you to define tankie beyond "person who disagrees with the West's foreign policy"