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I thought tankie was for any government that used tanks on their own people? So many others should be included, China is missing, I think the Phillipines maybe? There's more. I'm open to being corrected.
The word "tankie" originated as the OP describes, referring to members of the Communist Party of Great Britain that supported the USSR putting down the color revolutions in Hungary and Prague Spring. Nowadays, it is used as a catch-all pejorative for anyone to the left of the DNC.
Somehow supporting colonial aggression by a totalitarian state is a left cause.
Unsure what you're referring to, specifically, moreover the use of the word "totalitarian" betrays a lack of understanding how the USSR functioned in reality.
Not talking about the USSR there skipper.
You keep saying that people are called "tankie" for being "left of the DNC" but the only people I see being called "tankie" are folks who think a lot more people aught to be dying from polonium poisoning.
So, nobody? You really don't see anyone being called a tankie? Interesting.