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Are you a "tankie"? (2025 edition) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I forgot to set a reminder so I'm a little late getting to this, but here we are again:

Are you a "tankie"?

Respond "yes" or "no", I'll collate results later

This process is being undertaken to determine if so-called "tankies" are conspiring to make you (yes, you) have a bad time on the internet!

vague or informal answers will be interpreted by the central authority (me). Only top level comments will be counted. I will not be providing further instructions or clarifications.

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Link to previous results (very serious) hexbear / lemmy,ml

Link to previous "are you a tankie?" thread

I'll likely check back in a week, my old pc died so itll take a little bit of time to prettify the results and write a report

Ciao, and of course, imperialism must be destroyed.

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[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Using "tankie" as a self-identifier has the same effect as calling oneself a "commie," it signals that being accused of being a communist isn't anything to take offense to. If I am going to be called a "commie, pinko, red, tankie, etc" then it is best to call it out for what it is: Accurate insofar as it describes me as a communist. I'm not going to deny those who call me by such pejoratives, rather I'm just going to explain why I'm a communist. Using it as a self-identifier blunts the pejorative and makes it less effective in public discourse to shut down communist speech.

[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Except Communism is the ideology and "Tankie" isn't really anything anyone can define.

Using it as a self-identifier makes it so people are less willing to engage and you're fighting on an opponents terms.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

That's why you point out the irrationality of the term "tankie," and make it so that your opponent's terms are meaningless.