• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Then tell us how you think it’s used instead of saying “no” over and over like a toddler

            • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              Yup, look, here i am defending communists, and you cant help but shit on them, calling them all tankies. Oh well, no good deed eh?

              • RiverRock@lemmy.ml
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                2 months ago

                Dude you look like a huge insecure nerd right now, just quit while you’re ahead

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                2 months ago

                Acknowledging that “tankie” is a pejorative for those who support socialist states isn’t a condemnation of them. You aren’t defensing communists, you’re perpetuating Red Scare nonsense.

                • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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                  2 months ago

                  Acknowledging that tankie is a pejorative for those who support socialists states would be incorrect. I am defending communists, just not tankies. Im a little sad that you cant seem to untie the two from one another :(

                  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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                    2 months ago

                    Nah, tankie is a pejorative for those that support existing socialist states, which applies to the overwhelming majority of communists. Trying to untie them is just a way to pretend you don’t oppose communism and thus save face on a platform with lots of leftists.