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Why do people call everyone tankies (lemmygrad.ml)
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I'm sure this is a super common question but why do people (generally liberals or sometimes people on the left) call basically everyone who mildly agree with current more authoritarian leaning socialist states tankies

I wouldn't nessicarily call myself a tankie but I can also fully understand why people feel that label fits them when so many people call so many perspectives tankie perspectives and just shove them in a corner

Not sure if that makes sense as a question but I hope it does

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Rabid anticommunism. There is really isn't more to it than people calling you a dirty commie. People just come up with new insults since the contradictions of capitalism are so appearant.

On Lemmy it's a lot easier to clock people as communists since you only need to check what instance they are from instead of digging through their posting history.

The best response is: damn I wish we had tanks.