That’s because nobody is called “tankie” in real life. No one has called me a “tankie” either. The term’s contemporary usage is a creature of social media. It’s a dumb, cringey online meme.
Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
Of course not: it’s a slogan that came directly from the fascist Banderites. Why would communists, who have shed more blood fighting fascists than anyone, adopt a fascist slogan?
The ukranians are fighting to protect their country out of free will. Stop victim blaming, you should spend your energy telling Russia to knock it off.
That’s because nobody is called “tankie” in real life. No one has called me a “tankie” either. The term’s contemporary usage is a creature of social media. It’s a dumb, cringey online meme.
Hmmmmmmmmmm… nah. It’s from the 1950s. They didn’t have 9gag back then
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So you’re a tankie in real life?
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
And none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word
Tankies dont say slava ukranini!
Of course not: it’s a slogan that came directly from the fascist Banderites. Why would communists, who have shed more blood fighting fascists than anyone, adopt a fascist slogan?
Jacobin, 2015: Who Was Stepan Bandera?
Slobber uranium
What’s a ukranini? Like a Ukrainian panini?
Also I want peace and prosperity for all people of Ukraine and I’ve been called a tankie lots of times
Russia needs to completely pull out of Ukraine then you will have peace.
I want peace and prosperity for all Ukrainians.
You want to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian
We are not the same
The ukranians are fighting to protect their country out of free will. Stop victim blaming, you should spend your energy telling Russia to knock it off.