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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] HobbitFoot -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tankie isn't a political ideology, it is a commentary on the practice of policy in comparison to stated beliefs.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

No, it's a pejorative and McCarthyite strawman.

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