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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Although people on Lemmy, especially .world, seem to be increasingly using it like American conservatives use "woke", to describe anyone they don't like. On the bright side, also like the usage of woke, it's typically a sign the person using it is an idiot and doesn't have anything worth listening to.

[–] twig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is an unfortunate thing, because tankies are actually a problem. And I do mean the real term, as in the folks who identify with dictatorships that are so-called communist.

The reason it's a problem is that the folks who are left-leaning but uneducated sometimes get swept up in pro-authoritarian rhetoric that happens to oppose the west. I'm anticapitalist, leftist, etc. I see tankies and fascists having a lot in common. That seems dangerous in the sense that fascism is a real threat. Also, then, our ranks are being thinned out and co-opted by specific bad-faith actors. At the same time, when people buy into tankie (pro-Russia, pro-China, pro-North Korea) propaganda, this more or less consolidates some of the power that opposes actual leftists (as in, people who support human rights, equitable societies, environmental protection, etc).

Not really any argument against what you're saying. Just kind of adding that the term tankie is actually useful to describe a specific viewpoint, but obviously not in the way that the previous commenter used it.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago

I agree completely, thanks for adding some important context.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That seems to be the function I see it used the most.

And yes, I do find it's a good indicator that they aren't very bright, or at least don't want to engage in constructive conversations.

Thanks all for letting me be the 'lucky' 10,000

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah. That was obviously how it was used against me. I’m interested in good faith digression but your right, it’s a sign that it won’t be and your time would be wasted.