▲ 204 ▼ redditors currently discovering that the drawbacks of calling everyone left of bernie a tankie is that people just stop caring about the word tankie (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by GarfGirl@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments Shot: they are a legitimate threat to freedom and to anti-authoritarian leftists, Chaser: we shouldn't allow these people to exist in the internet free https://old.reddit.com/r/tankiejerk/comments/197l9ik/tankie_is_not_offensive_anymore/
[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 88 points 2 years ago (1 child) lmao these people talk as if they're actually doing anything on the ground. At least anarchists fight proud boys. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] axont@hexbear.net 70 points 2 years ago* (4 children) For real, and even among anarchists on the ground I've only met like 3 who used the word tankie. All three were weird though. One guy said the library next to where we hand out food is a "tankie library" because there were Marx and Lenin books in the socialism section. Another guy used the term tankie but I don't think he knew what it meant, since he'd refer to the cops as tankies. The other person would say tankie as shorthand for militant atheists. But in all those three cases those people still hand out food and help people so they're light-years ahead of the bozos on r*ddit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rom@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago* Another guy used the term tankie but I don't think he knew what it meant, since he'd refer to the cops as tankies Using "tankie" to mean "someone who has tanks" kinda rules. I like this guy's energy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GarfGirl@hexbear.net [S] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) i saw some lib calling sherman a tankie and someone else saying julius caesar was a tankie once. tankie is when youre a famous historical person and use violence to do things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago I'm going to have to remember this very true fact about Julius Caesar because that will for sure rustle some crank's jimmies permalink fedilink source parent [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago julius caesar was a tankie More like chariotee permalink fedilink source parent [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago "cops are tankies" is an incredible take that acts as a potent distillation of radlib vibes based analysis permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago Another guy used the term tankie but I don’t think he knew what it meant, since he’d refer to the cops as tankies I mean, working backwards through a gamer lens I could see someone calling the Cops "tankie", as in, they can tank a lot of damage, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] axont@hexbear.net 70 points 2 years ago* (4 children) For real, and even among anarchists on the ground I've only met like 3 who used the word tankie. All three were weird though. One guy said the library next to where we hand out food is a "tankie library" because there were Marx and Lenin books in the socialism section. Another guy used the term tankie but I don't think he knew what it meant, since he'd refer to the cops as tankies. The other person would say tankie as shorthand for militant atheists. But in all those three cases those people still hand out food and help people so they're light-years ahead of the bozos on r*ddit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Rom@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago* Another guy used the term tankie but I don't think he knew what it meant, since he'd refer to the cops as tankies Using "tankie" to mean "someone who has tanks" kinda rules. I like this guy's energy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GarfGirl@hexbear.net [S] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) i saw some lib calling sherman a tankie and someone else saying julius caesar was a tankie once. tankie is when youre a famous historical person and use violence to do things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago I'm going to have to remember this very true fact about Julius Caesar because that will for sure rustle some crank's jimmies permalink fedilink source parent [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago julius caesar was a tankie More like chariotee permalink fedilink source parent [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago "cops are tankies" is an incredible take that acts as a potent distillation of radlib vibes based analysis permalink fedilink source parent [–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago Another guy used the term tankie but I don’t think he knew what it meant, since he’d refer to the cops as tankies I mean, working backwards through a gamer lens I could see someone calling the Cops "tankie", as in, they can tank a lot of damage, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rom@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago* Another guy used the term tankie but I don't think he knew what it meant, since he'd refer to the cops as tankies Using "tankie" to mean "someone who has tanks" kinda rules. I like this guy's energy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GarfGirl@hexbear.net [S] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) i saw some lib calling sherman a tankie and someone else saying julius caesar was a tankie once. tankie is when youre a famous historical person and use violence to do things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago I'm going to have to remember this very true fact about Julius Caesar because that will for sure rustle some crank's jimmies permalink fedilink source parent [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago julius caesar was a tankie More like chariotee permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago I'm going to have to remember this very true fact about Julius Caesar because that will for sure rustle some crank's jimmies permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago julius caesar was a tankie More like chariotee permalink fedilink source parent
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago "cops are tankies" is an incredible take that acts as a potent distillation of radlib vibes based analysis permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago Another guy used the term tankie but I don’t think he knew what it meant, since he’d refer to the cops as tankies I mean, working backwards through a gamer lens I could see someone calling the Cops "tankie", as in, they can tank a lot of damage, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
