conservatives wouldnt use it because they don't follow leftist internet shit, and they already think liberals are communists so no point in even using the word.

    • American_Communist22 [she/her,comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      This is literally CIA shit. They specifically cultivated a language when dealing with communists. Even their internal reports do this. "Communists don't 'join' or 'live in' or 'work in', they 'inflitrate', 'subvert', and 'invade'. Communists aren't people, they're all lying spies apart of an international conspiracy to destroy freedom."

      Changing the word to "tankie" is the only thing that changed. They are brainwashed.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It also conveniently, as a word, implies the authoritarian or militarism of historical eastern european communism. Libs drink that shit like water. We have "Undercover FBI." Meanwhile They have "Secret Police."

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Communists don’t ‘join’ or ‘live in’ or ‘work in’, they ‘inflitrate’, ‘subvert’, and ‘invade’.

        it's nice to feel seen