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minus-squareLittleLordLimerick@lemm.eehexbear5·10 months agoWords evolve and change in meaning. Calling someone a tankie in 2023 is not a comment on their opinions of an event that happened a lifetime ago. linkfedilink
minus-squarevery_poggers_gay [they/them]hexbear36·10 months agoRight, now Tankie is all but useless because liberals and so-called leftists that criticize communism use it the same way conservatives use “woke” link
minus-squareLittleLordLimerick@lemm.eehexbear5·10 months agoI actually think conservatives usually use the term "woke" correctly, though? Like, everything they call "woke" is typically good. linkfedilink
minus-squarebrain_in_a_box [he/him]hexbear39·10 months agoYeah, much like how everything liberals call "tankie" is actually good. link
minus-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]hexbear19·10 months agoOK, is there a more recent case where you believe supporting the US over critically supporting its opposition is vindicated by history? link
minus-squareLittleLordLimerick@lemm.eehexbear5·10 months agoI don't generally believe in supporting the US, since it is an emperialist, capitalist country. linkfedilink
Words evolve and change in meaning. Calling someone a tankie in 2023 is not a comment on their opinions of an event that happened a lifetime ago.
Right, now Tankie is all but useless because liberals and so-called leftists that criticize communism use it the same way conservatives use “woke”
I actually think conservatives usually use the term "woke" correctly, though? Like, everything they call "woke" is typically good.
Yeah, much like how everything liberals call "tankie" is actually good.
OK, is there a more recent case where you believe supporting the US over critically supporting its opposition is vindicated by history?
I don't generally believe in supporting the US, since it is an emperialist, capitalist country.
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