Post by @IndieGoblin

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Unless your politics are to the right of Joe Biden, you’re going to get called a tankie.

@BurningRiver@beehaw.org on beehaw.org Open parent

I’ve been here a while, but I might need some help here. Everyone left of Biden is a tankie? Am I understanding you correctly?

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Well, ultimately tankie just means “person too far to the left of me”, so for some liberals, that does indeed mean everyone to the left of Biden

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@IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org on lemmy.4d2.org Open parent

Are you a tankie because you are to the left of Joe biden or because you idealise the soviet union and the ccp?

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

I’ve been called a tankie for lots of reasons: criticising Elon Musk, condemning Israels genocide of the Palestinians, opposing invading Venezuela, condemning the US’s destruction of North Korea, not believing that far right American think tanks are trustworthy, calling Kamala Harris a genocide supporter, calling bullshit on the claim that Mao had one in ten Chinese citizens executed for being a western spy. Calling bullshit on the claim that Che Guevera committed genocide. Basically anything that runs counter to the average American neo-liberal’s world view.

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@IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org on lemmy.4d2.org Open parent

Seems weird to be called a tankie for any of those reasons. Especially condemning the genocide.

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@BrainInABox@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Not really, given that it’s a term that just means “people too far to the left of me” and those positions are all too far to the left for many liberals

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IndieGoblin in !asklemmy

@IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org · Dec 01

How far left are you?

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