They’re definitely not progressives lmao tankies are Russian and Chinese imperialists/authoritarians. They don’t call themselves that either. Their “criticisms” are mired in hypocrisy and falsehoods, and rooting them out is necessary in leftist circles.
Tankie is in no way a pejorative for Progressive. Hell progressives are usually the ones using it. I wouldn’t even say tankies pretend to be Progressive.
It’s pretty easy to find them. Here, I’ll draw some out for you:
Mao and Stalin were just as evil as Hitler. China is engaging in a genocide of the Uyghur people. Putin is a genocidal war criminal fighting a war of imperialism.
The shoe fits. It’s pretty easy to define tankies. Russian and Chinese imperialists. Easy. Go read more. Y’all even got a Wikipedia page clearly defining you! Hahahahaha
Ok, well I’m not a “Russian and Chinese” imperialist, so you’ve already contradicted yourself. Which is unsurprising given you basically tried to treat “tankiesayswhat” as a serious political definition.
No one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics
They’re definitely not progressives lmao tankies are Russian and Chinese imperialists/authoritarians. They don’t call themselves that either. Their “criticisms” are mired in hypocrisy and falsehoods, and rooting them out is necessary in leftist circles.
It’s the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests.
The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.
Your democrats cheered at Israel violent crushing of the 2023 Gaza uprising.
You’re such an hypocrite
I get the original etymology. Nowadays it’s carelessly used and appropriated like ‘woke’
What about “lib” and “zio”?
Those are kind of new and exciting. All the kids are doing it.
I’m pretty sure those are used accurately as specific types of fascists.
Did you know that was recently revealed (through Trump’s jfk doc dump) to be yet another CIA backed fake color revolution?
Tankie is in no way a pejorative for Progressive. Hell progressives are usually the ones using it. I wouldn’t even say tankies pretend to be Progressive.
I’m a litteral tankie. Yes, I own a tank. Quit assuming my political opinion, it’s just a hobby
It’s pretty easy to find them. Here, I’ll draw some out for you:
Mao and Stalin were just as evil as Hitler. China is engaging in a genocide of the Uyghur people. Putin is a genocidal war criminal fighting a war of imperialism.
Was Biden as evil as Hitler? He did send a lot of tanks to israel
So anyone who doesn’t engage in Double Genocide Theory, a recognized form of Holocaust denial, is a “tankie”.
Lol you took the bait pretty hard.
Really not beating the allegations that “tankie” is just an ill-defined snarl word
Couple of you jumped when that user snapped their fingers, but somehow tankies are “ill-defined”. Lmao it’s just too easy.
Oh when you put it that way, it definitely sounds like a serious political descriptor and not just a gotcha used by trolls /s
The shoe fits. It’s pretty easy to define tankies. Russian and Chinese imperialists. Easy. Go read more. Y’all even got a Wikipedia page clearly defining you! Hahahahaha
Ok, well I’m not a “Russian and Chinese” imperialist, so you’ve already contradicted yourself. Which is unsurprising given you basically tried to treat “tankiesayswhat” as a serious political definition.
A tankie is anyone who objects when I do this: shits pants
Wow, lots of tankies in here taking the bait lol
Real compelling lmao
So Bernie and AOC are tankies to you?