The term Tankie has a clear definition that Cowbee likes to ignore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.

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  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
    55·
    9 days ago

    I find it very hard to believe, given CowBee’s constant proselytizing, that they do not understand the distinction being made here.

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      58·
      9 days ago

      I guarantee you they 100% understand. They simply don’t care and are just being dishonest. They believe the ends justify the means.

      • 9bananas@feddit.orgEnglish
        6·
        9 days ago

        almost like words don’t mean anything to them…that kinda reminds me of this other group of extremists that don’t care what words mean! almost like they’ve got something in common or something…

        tankie doesn’t mean “communist”, it means red fascist.

        and cowbee thinks, by his own admission, that’s the same thing.

        • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
          5·
          9 days ago

          Or being paid by parties in the US who want to make “Communism” look bad.

          I think that’s the real source for a lot of tankie bullshit.

        • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          9 days ago

          In some way yes, and/or China.

          You’d be astonished how many people went to Moscow just as “tourists”, especially before the 2022 full scale invasion of Ukraine. And got favours, got baited, and so on. Tim Pool (one example just on top of my head) got millions of dollars, we know because he got caught.

          The kremlin can literally spread dissent by paying thousands of dollars which is insanely cheap, and that’s what they have always done so no “news” here.