• Staines [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think support of russia, a modern, liberal capitalist state has much to do with whether or not you believe ughyur genocide reporting.

    Tankie generally seems to just mean “someone who disagrees with me”, as it rolls around picking up new interpretations to be wielded against different people. A completely amorphous term.

    • irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOP
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      1 month ago

      When people say tankie, they typically mean Authoritarian Communist,
      Typically, people who support this will oppose U.S imperialism, which is good! But they will support states like russia because they oppose the U.S, even though russia would do much more damage if they had the ability.