tankie has gone through three phrases. It first meant people who were in favor of sending tanks into Hungary, then it got adopted primarily by anarchists, and now it’s used by anyone. Its current meaning is something like “when a westerner shows too much sympathy to countries outside of the west.” That’s the point where we adopted it for ourselves, because now it only describes something good
One of my oldest friendships is on its last legs. He’s a smug liberal, identical to the people that show up here sometimes. He was talking about tankies and I told him that it was now a meaningless term and anyone who uses it in earnest shouldn’t be taken seriously. I think it almost destroyed his brain.
tankie has gone through three phrases. It first meant people who were in favor of sending tanks into Hungary, then it got adopted primarily by anarchists, and now it’s used by anyone. Its current meaning is something like “when a westerner shows too much sympathy to countries outside of the west.” That’s the point where we adopted it for ourselves, because now it only describes something good
One of my oldest friendships is on its last legs. He’s a smug liberal, identical to the people that show up here sometimes. He was talking about tankies and I told him that it was now a meaningless term and anyone who uses it in earnest shouldn’t be taken seriously. I think it almost destroyed his brain.
He also believes the Warren Commission 😂
The rube of rubes
He’s honestly a fucking idiot and I’m so sick of his shit.
“tankie” is “woke” for foreign policy