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Why do people call everyone tankies (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by Valarie@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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I'm sure this is a super common question but why do people (generally liberals or sometimes people on the left) call basically everyone who mildly agree with current more authoritarian leaning socialist states tankies

I wouldn't nessicarily call myself a tankie but I can also fully understand why people feel that label fits them when so many people call so many perspectives tankie perspectives and just shove them in a corner

Not sure if that makes sense as a question but I hope it does

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[-] Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 months ago

This comment is to clear up some miscommunication I believe I may have not stated clearly in my post that I am now noticing

  1. I dont have a problem with the more "authoritarian" communists

  2. I was just curious how the term expanded from it's original meaning

3.I don't have a problem being called a tankie but I was curious why I kept having the term be used when I was not referring to something that seemed like fit the older versions of the term and did not involve the USSR at all

[-] wordsmakesentences@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

For 3: Words are not allowed to have complex meanings and still be used in a widespread fashion

[-] Valarie@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Fair enough

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