agentant (He/Him)@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 15 hours ago196 is taking it's stand against evil tankie communist aggression /slemmy.mlimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1image196 is taking it's stand against evil tankie communist aggression /slemmy.mlagentant (He/Him)@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·15 hours agoWe know that some people eventually work past their “fuck tankies” stage because we did. Most of us used to believe the same things and for the same reasons, because we grew up under largely the same conditions.
minus-squarekittenzrulz123 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·12 hours agoLiterally me fr, hell I used to be a lib if you could believe that :3
minus-squareTheOubliette@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·15 hours agoActually I was never this insufferable.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down23·edit-213 hours agoTankie is a disgruntled state of mind/interaction. A basic incompatibility.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 hours agoTankie is just a pejorative for those who support existing socialist states.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 minutes agoI have supported socialist states, said positive things about Vietnam and China on countless occasions and never been called a Tankie. So I think there is a discussion and attitude element to it.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 minutes agoDepends on the audience, more than anything. Most socialists aren’t going to waste time calling each other a tankie.
minus-squareTheOubliette@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·edit-214 hours agoTankie is a thought-terminating cliché by liberals that can’t handle losing an argument and don’t know how else to punch left.
We know that some people eventually work past their “fuck tankies” stage because we did. Most of us used to believe the same things and for the same reasons, because we grew up under largely the same conditions.
Literally me fr, hell I used to be a lib if you could believe that :3
Actually I was never this insufferable.
Tankie is a disgruntled state of mind/interaction. A basic incompatibility.
Tankie is just a pejorative for those who support existing socialist states.
I have supported socialist states, said positive things about Vietnam and China on countless occasions and never been called a Tankie.
So I think there is a discussion and attitude element to it.
Depends on the audience, more than anything. Most socialists aren’t going to waste time calling each other a tankie.
Tankie is a thought-terminating cliché by liberals that can’t handle losing an argument and don’t know how else to punch left.