• happybadger [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    I just want to sit a goober like this down and ask them to explain in exhaustive detail what they think a tankie is. How are you an adult and this fucking stupid. Do words have meaning.

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      Tankie means the same thing as traitor to them. It means a westerner who has an uncommon level of sympathy or allegiance to designated western enemies like Russia, China, Cuba, or the DPRK. You're supposed to regard these places as wholly, ontologically evil and in need of invasion immediately.

      It doesn't even carry coherent weight beyond that. It always boils down to being an ideological traitor to the west.