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Given that the word "tankie" has been so overused that it just means "anyone to the left of John McCain", most places are.
I saw a person lower in the thread talking about Stalin's USSR being a democracy, while another said that Russia and China can't be imperialist. Doesn't seem like a case of overuse to me.
I saw the tankies in the closet, and they were making authoritarianism, and I saw one of the authoritarianism, and the authoritarianism looked at me.
So, like, it's completely meaningful to have a snarl word that refers to everyone left of the neo-cons.
"Everyone is getting called a Nazi these days, the word has lost all meaning".
Sure...
the enlightened centrist has logged on
Tankies don't exist, don't you know? There's no second half between which an enlightened centrist can position themselves. I am the furthest left there is, and you are a liberal.
The only thing that exists is children running around calling people tankies when they're unable to engage in actual discussion. The fact that you call me a liberal highlights just how utterly lost you are. Define what you think a liberal is child.
Define deez nuts, lib
thanks for confirming that you just do name calling without actually having a clue what words mean, you're like a chat bot 😂
Beep! Boop!