Hence, the current absolute memeing and dilution of "Tankie".
The libs have learned it and are now pushing it. It no longer has any meaning other than anti-communist sentiment. Therefore, even using it in its original meaning and context does nothing but forment anti-leftist sentiment.
Not that I was ever one for sectarianism (because my brain is mush and my opinions on the minutia of ideologies aren't fully formed), but I would similarly drop any anti-anarchist terms in the meantime so that the libs burn themselves out faster and don't find a new word to appropriate.
Hence, the current absolute memeing and dilution of "Tankie".
The libs have learned it and are now pushing it. It no longer has any meaning other than anti-communist sentiment. Therefore, even using it in its original meaning and context does nothing but forment anti-leftist sentiment.
Not that I was ever one for sectarianism (because my brain is mush and my opinions on the minutia of ideologies aren't fully formed), but I would similarly drop any anti-anarchist terms in the meantime so that the libs burn themselves out faster and don't find a new word to appropriate.