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Labels and infighting is easy. I wonder if they are actually fascists or tankies. Also, what is a "tanky"?

by all2 3y ago

cheald 3y ago
"Tankies" is a perjorative for hardline communists, particularly Stalinists.
shagie 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie > Tankie is a pejorative label for communists, particularly Stalinists, who support the authoritarian tendencies of Marxism–Leninism or, more generally, authoritarian states associated with Marxism–Leninism in history. The term was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions. --- It's been expanded to include those who support other authoritarian left political philosophies. It tends to be anti American. A quick rule of thumb is "if you picture the parades in the country featuring a large number of tanks, those who support them are likely pejoratively called 'tankies'".
SkyMarshal 3y ago
Tanky is a far left authoritarian, or apologist for far-left authoritarianism. Roughly the leftist counterpart to fascist.
- rbreaves 3y ago
  Tbh I want to know their country of origin - if it’s the US then that’s likely bs being spouted by conservatives imho. I feel like the left, even far left in the US are all anti authoritarianism, so it’s bizarre reading that. Reading up on it I guess the main instances moderation does not live up to their rules & is what the issue is about. Whether they’re really in support of being anti-human rights or just incompetent at moderation I dunno. I hope the latter vs the former, guess we’ll figure it out over time - which communities will be ran well vs the ones that aren’t.

Labels and infighting is easy. I wonder if they are actually fascists or tankies. Also, what is a "tanky"?

by all2 3y ago

Labels and infighting is easy. I wonder if they are actually fascists or tankies. Also, what is a "tanky"?

cheald 3y ago

"Tankies" is a perjorative for hardline communists, particularly Stalinists.

shagie 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie > Tankie is a pejorative label for communists, particularly Stalinists, who support the authoritarian tendencies of Marxism–Leninism or, more generally, authoritarian states associated with Marxism–Leninism in history. The term was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions. --- It's been expanded to include those who support other authoritarian left political philosophies. It tends to be anti American. A quick rule of thumb is "if you picture the parades in the country featuring a large number of tanks, those who support them are likely pejoratively called 'tankies'".

SkyMarshal 3y ago

Tanky is a far left authoritarian, or apologist for far-left authoritarianism. Roughly the leftist counterpart to fascist.

rbreaves 3y ago
Tbh I want to know their country of origin - if it’s the US then that’s likely bs being spouted by conservatives imho. I feel like the left, even far left in the US are all anti authoritarianism, so it’s bizarre reading that. Reading up on it I guess the main instances moderation does not live up to their rules & is what the issue is about. Whether they’re really in support of being anti-human rights or just incompetent at moderation I dunno. I hope the latter vs the former, guess we’ll figure it out over time - which communities will be ran well vs the ones that aren’t.