• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    As far as centrists are concerned, everyone to the left of Netanyahu is a tankie, and everyone to their left is somehow all the way to the right.

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      1 month ago

      Maybe, but most Blåhaj or 196 users are far from being centrists.

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        1 month ago

        In my experience, “tankie” is used in virtually all cases as a pejorative against the left, and not an identifier for actual tankies.

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          30 days ago

          Making excuses for Russia or China’s ongoing crimes, and using the US’ crimes as a reason(?!?) for doing so, is usually what brings the term out.