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The term Tankie has a clear definition that Cowbee likes to ignore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those > who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the > occurrence of the events thereof.
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"how can i be a tankie if i didn't take part in the literal suppression of the hungarian uprising?
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i'm not old enough to have been a tankie
In the rare occasion both someone makes the Nazi's are members of the NSDAP comment and call me a tankie in the same argument in that order, I know what I must do.
They aren't wrong. The clear definition is "anyone I don't like". I don't know what's so hard about that
I'd say it more precisely means anyone who doesn't want to bomb Russia or China
A reply quoting the meriam Webster definition was posted. It didnt invalidate cowbee at all
No mention of the CIA backed 1954 Hungarian uprising, only vibes
Wait. It was Wikipedia. Not even a dictionary.
"Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof."
So, as a pejorative the support or defense of Acts of Repression is so in the opinion of the person using the pejorative. It doesnt say who is being repessed, I want some stuff repressed. This is a piss poor definition because it's far from definite.
I mean it's a good definition because it accurately reflects how the word is used. It's the word itself that is silly and indicates the person using it sucks.
The definition should point that out, gives a false impression otherwise. The word perceived should be in their
That's implicit in all definitions