Comment on Tankie
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoWell, that’s just silly.
I didn’t make the definition
tankie noun A member of the Communist Party of Great Britain who slavishly followed the Kremlin line, agreeing with the crushing of revolts in Hungary and later Czechoslovakia by Soviet tanks.
This was how the term was first used in the 80s. As of today, the definition has expanded to “authoritarian communists”.
Nothing about peace yet, sorry.
Objection@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
What’s silly about it? Tankie is when you support using tanks, I don’t support using tanks in Ukraine so therefore I’m not a tankie. The people who want to send tanks to Ukraine are tankies.
Or we can recognize that that definition doesn’t reflect how it’s actually used. And the way it’s actually used is generally towards people who promote peaceful, diplomatic solutions over military ones.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The definition reflects how it’s actually used. That’s what definitions are. They are what is “actually used”. If they weren’t what was actually used, they would cease to be definitions.
It’s not generally actually used towards people who promote peaceful, diplomatic solutions.
It **actually **used to refer to “authoritarian communists” generally.
You should recognize that your subjective experiences never dictate objective reality. You are not “the decider”.
The people who have used the term inappropriately against you were either jerking your chain and using it ironically, or misinformed and stupid.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
I’ve already made my arguments and you failed to address any of them. You’re just asserting your definition over and over again. Not interested.
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I addressed all of them.
You’re ignoring that because you’re wrong. And that’s fine. See you later, tankie