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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  • Beacon@fedia.io
    18·
    10 days ago

    All tankies are communists (purportedly), but not all communists are tankies. Tankies believe in Stalin-style militant communism, and will do or say anything to support their ends regardless of if it’s objectively true or not. They will deny all harms that are caused by anyone who claims to be a communist.

    Basically they’re MAGA in a different claimed direction.

    • timestatic@feddit.orgEnglish
      20·
      9 days ago

      Tankies are really bad communists tho. They support countries with an authoritarian elite that crush their own public. Thats not in the spirit of the ideology at all.

    • cm0002@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      13·
      10 days ago

      Basically they’re MAGA in a different claimed direction.

      You mean…like…“BlueMAGA” LMAO they were the bluemaga all along lolol

      Projection all the way down lol