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I know for a lot of people a tankie is just something that they know it when they see it, however I think that it is important to think about the reason that you define something as being tankie vs just a leftist.

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[–] mydude -2 points 3 days ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

What "ideas" are you here to challenge? This is a libertarian socialist community that is against tankies, if you don't fit that criteria then this isn't a good place for you.

[–] mydude -3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I like libertarian socialists, I might be one myself. I just think that the word tankie gets thrown around a lot. If everyone (I don't like) is a tankie, no one is.

Let me put it this way; If Bernie is a sexist (and he was called sexist many times from different groups of people), then everyone can be called a sexist, and the word has lost it's meaning.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I feel you may have misjudged this group then. That is part of why I made this post to try and get a consensus as to what the people of this community define as tankies and it is surprisingly consistent for something that you claim has lost all meaning.

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