• Pratai
    4·
    2 years ago

    At first I thought using the term “tankies” was similar to how rednecks call the left “libs.” Mostly it was because I didn’t understand the term.

    Then I asked what it meant.

    Once I knew what it meant- I was determined to stay out of it. I didn’t really have a dog in that race as I didn’t have much of an opinion either way.

    Then I came here and saw first-hand the sheer lunacy from those people.

    I call them tankies now.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Problem is the so-called tankies don’t even distinguish between MAGA people in the US and US liberals or Democrats - to them, they’re both “Liberals” as in neoliberals, and for some reason they rarely criticize US conservatives while spending plenty of time criticizing US Democrats. Doesn’t make much sense from their supposed point of view.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          TokenBoomer is a tankie bootlicker. Ignore them. Their only interest is in sobbing “Why won’t the socdems work with us???” while simultaneously saying that socdems and fascists are the exact same thing.

          “Left unity” to tankies means “Lick out boots until we put a bullet in your head”. Obey the party line!

              • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                I’ll believe it when I bump into you at the grocery store and apologize for not being communist enough.

                  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    2 years ago

                    I didn’t say that though. I said not communist enough as I doubt that I’d pass the ideological purity test of thinking that anything short of perfection may as well be MAGA.

            • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 years ago

              The issue isn’t with wanting to work together - that’s the key point you’re missing. It’s the way left-leaning Americans are lumped in with complete fascists, like it’s either 100% good or “You’re a LIBERAL just like Republicans!” (meaning neoliberal, which is also confusing af in American political terms).

          • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            I realize their perspective is purely economic issues. However, it completely overlooks the vast difference on social issues and the fact that MAGA wants to institute a more harsh form of capitalism, plus theocratic dictatorship. Seems like a worthy distinction to me. Plus, that doesn’t explain why they’re so hot to criticize people like Biden and Elizabeth Warren or Hillary Clinton but don’t say jack shit about the various Trump supporting clowns prominent in US politics.

            Yes, thanks for the MLK quote but not sure why you thought I needed to read that again right now.