• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    You genuinely have never heard it used in a pejorative way against any red? I never said all commies were tankies. I explained the words etymology and then its subsequent broad (mis)application in current online parlance. Hope you’re not reading theory with those comprehension skills, comrade.

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      5 days ago

      I’m not the one lacking in reading comprehension.

      Do you not believe that the tankies featured in this community are indeed tankies?

      • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        What I’m saying is that whilst actual Tankies did, and still do, exist you do not have to be one to be called one. It’s now become a catch-all slur applied well outside of its original target.