Comment on Tankie
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 month agoWhat’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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
I addressed all of them.
You’re ignoring that because you’re wrong. And that’s fine. See you later, tankie
Objection@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
You didn’t address a single one.
I wear the label tankie with pride. I do indeed oppose the use of tanks in the vast majority of cases, so I am a tankie.