▲ 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/
[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) Universal healthcare being called socialist made me a socialist. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago I think there might be something to this. Like rightwingers used to call everything COMMUNIST DISSENT, so even people who are not communists start calling themselves COMMUNIST DISSENTERS to piss off rightwingers. And then maybe they get to wondering about communist dissent a lil, and maybe they read the Manifesto. Y'know, just for the bit... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago I think there might be something to this. Like rightwingers used to call everything COMMUNIST DISSENT, so even people who are not communists start calling themselves COMMUNIST DISSENTERS to piss off rightwingers. And then maybe they get to wondering about communist dissent a lil, and maybe they read the Manifesto. Y'know, just for the bit... permalink fedilink source parent
