I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I’m asking the people who know better than Google.

  • the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.worldOP
    25·
    5 months ago

    I had no idea this would ignite a shitstorm. I have so many responses now and less idea of what a tankie is now than when I asked.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      205·
      5 months ago

      Ask with an account federated with Hexbear and Lemmygrad, and you’ll get more communist perspectives.

    • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      I am in the same boat. Been on here for about 2 years and I hear the words…but i dunno what it means? Thought it was just me.

      • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        5 months ago

        I’m so happy I’m not as stupid as I thought because I have no idea either and now I still don’t know

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          31·
          5 months ago

          It’s a loaded term by design. It started as a pejorative and morphed into a strawman pejorative, you can see many people throughout this thread describing people that don’t exist.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      31·
      5 months ago

      You know that magnifying glass looking icon? You can search terms across instances.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      54·
      5 months ago

      Lol, my comment got removed, I guess you now know which vommunity you signed up on and how they function.

      Cheers