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minus-squarestreetfestival ( streetfestival@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 年前No one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics (Edit: I think your frustration is really more with the mainstream media and what news they choose to cover and amplify)
minus-squareSunshine (she/her) ( Sunshine@lemmy.ca ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 年前It’s the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests. The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.
minus-squarestreetfestival ( streetfestival@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 年前I get the original etymology. Nowadays it’s carelessly used and appropriated like ‘woke’
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No one calls themselves a tankie. It is a pejorative term for a progressive. It is used to silence legitimate criticism and helps right-shift politics
(Edit: I think your frustration is really more with the mainstream media and what news they choose to cover and amplify)
It’s the term that describes those communists who cheered on the Soviet Union’s violent crushing of the 1956 Hungary revolution protests.
The term is often used when someone claims they support leftist ideals but pushes for authoritarianism.
I get the original etymology. Nowadays it’s carelessly used and appropriated like ‘woke’
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