Warning: Some posts on this platform may contain adult material intended for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion is advised. By clicking ‘Continue’, you confirm that you are 18 years or older and consent to viewing explicit content.
Well, calling someone a communist doesn’t always have the same negative connotations that it used to have.
Because of that, they wanted another term that means the same thing but has negative connotations, which is why they picked up the term “tankie”, while disregarding the actual meaning of the term.
It’s really annoying, because the term was actually really useful, but is far less meaningful than it used to be.
Removed by mod
it signals to “normal progressives” that there’s a line
Well, calling someone a communist doesn’t always have the same negative connotations that it used to have. Because of that, they wanted another term that means the same thing but has negative connotations, which is why they picked up the term “tankie”, while disregarding the actual meaning of the term.
It’s really annoying, because the term was actually really useful, but is far less meaningful than it used to be.