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Seeing libs seethe about “too many tankies” is really funny. (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by aidnic@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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On stuff outside of lemmygrad, we are receiving a lot of hate, especially by those who just moved from Reddit. Guess they lost their hidden privilege at Reddit as their rhetoric used to be almost universal over there, while genzedong and our other subs get censored and banned. And now, on lemmy, their stuff isn’t universal, as we are more prevalent here. Seems like they really want that hidden privilege back

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[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (59 children)

That is until more recently when Tankie has come to mean just any leftist a person disagrees with.

While there are undoubtedly people that use the term like that, I think there is a general understanding that it refers to people that can excuse or support authoritarian or oppressive actions

[–] TheGreatSpoon@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (52 children)

But the terminology 'authoritarian and oppressive' doesn't really make sense in leftist circles where all states are understood to be just that by definition. I mean, that's why people are socialists. Tankie is lib terminology referencing anything that undermines liberal democracy. It only makes sense when coming from anarchists.

[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 year ago (51 children)

You've never had the pleasure of interacting with someone that can produce endless excuses for the USSR or PRC?

[–] CarlMarks@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's good to endlessly excuse the USSR and PRC, as most criticisms of them are bullsit that is only believable by people with poor knowledge of history and zero capacity to critically engage with the media. Unfortunately, this is basically everyone under capitalism.

[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s good to endlessly excuse the USSR and PRC

It really isn't

[–] aidnic@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suggest you read the entire argument before responding to it.

[–] sergio@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

"endlessly excusing" is mutually exclusive with "critically engage"

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