• Kusimulkku
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    10 months ago

    I think it’s often now used for those socialists/communists who support China and especially Russia

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      10 months ago

      That’s what I’m saying, it isn’t. It’s used willy nilly in debates, regardless of the other users political allegiance. OP of this post got called a tankie two days ago lol.

      What it means and what it’s actually being used for are two different things.

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        10 months ago

        I think we’ve had different experiences on how we’ve seen it used. Almost always I’ve seen it it has been used by a leftist towards some other leftist (well socialist, communist) who was supporting China, Russia, Iran, maybe Houthis nowadays and so on.