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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

uh no they're not? Anarchists are about as anti-government as it gets

Edit: unless you mean liberals can't tell the difference between different leftists

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uh, yes they are?

Tankie just means anyone to the left of the US Overton window.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wikipedia

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical. It is commonly used by anti-authoritarian leftists, including anarchists, libertarian socialists, left communists, democratic socialists and reformists to criticise Leninism, although the term has seen increasing use by liberal and right‐wing factions as well.

The only time I've seen it be applied to anarchists is when Reddit libs don't like anyone left of them doing stuff like protesting, but normally the Wikipedia definition is how I see the word used.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have shitlibs like you ever read anything other than Wikipedia? Serious question.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't say the definition was correct because Wikipedia says so, I said that's how the word is normally defined, and the Wikipedia definition (which was the first thing that popped up) aligns with my experiences with how I've seen the word used. So when you say the word "tankie" includes anarchists, I'm wondering whose definition or what reasoning are you pulling from.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seriously though, have shitlibs like you read anything other than Wikipedia?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've read comments from people who start with a confusing statement seeming to use definitions of words that aren't commonly accepted and when asked to explain their definition resort to ad hominem and topic switching rather than defending their point that their definition is a commonly accepted use of that word.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

So I'm going to go with no, you don't read anything other than Wikipedia.