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The Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaign (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

No one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics

(Edit: I think your frustration is really more with the mainstream media and what news they choose to cover and amplify)

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests.

The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get the original etymology. Nowadays it's carelessly used and appropriated like 'woke'

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about "lib" and "zio"?

Those are kind of new and exciting. All the kids are doing it.

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure those are used accurately as specific types of fascists.

[–] sakodak@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests.

Did you know that was recently revealed (through Trump's jfk doc dump) to be yet another CIA backed fake color revolution?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tankie is in no way a pejorative for Progressive. Hell progressives are usually the ones using it. I wouldn't even say tankies pretend to be Progressive.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's pretty easy to identify tankies. Here, I'll draw some out for you:

Mao and Stalin were just as evil as Hitler. China is engaging in a genocide of the Uyghur people. Putin is a genocidal war criminal fighting a war of imperialism.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

So Bernie and AOC are tankies to you?