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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

.world definitely has a problem distinguishing between Tankies and leftists. I've literally had a guy argue with me that tankie and Bernie Bro were interchangeable because, "definitions change."

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well I love Bernie. When he told me he wasn't running in 2024, and he wanted me to support Kamala, I listened. And I've never been called a tankie. Maybe it comes down to individual differences.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also voted for Kamala and I also haven't been called a tankie (at least yet). But I've seen multiple liberals on .world call leftists tankies, often without understanding the meaning. At first, I found it very strange, since I'd only ever seen that term used in leftist circles. It made more sense when I realized they picked it up from .ml, which, to be fair, had a lot of fucking tankies.

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're a tankie, you voted for someone who sent tanks to a genocidal regime, that makes you a tankie.

Now you can't say you've never been called a tankie.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've only ever been called a tankie by a tankie who was making some kind of point

[–] smol_beans@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

But you have been called a tankie

Which is pretty suspicious honestly