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What was your First encounter with a tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Zstom6IP@lemmy.world to c/tankiejerk@lemmy.world

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Mine happened when i first made a reddit account, i got banned from a subreddit with a tankie moderator because i questioned the logic of having lenin as the subreddits profile, for a subreddit devoted to anti conservative memes.

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[–] coffeeffoc@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tankie is a pejorative label for communists,

[–] FinnFooted@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Specifically authoritarian ones. it's a term used by communists/leftists for other communists mostly.