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minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·11 months agoIn b4 I’m called a tankie
minus-squareUNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up99·11 months agoNothing tankie about this. Do conservatives just use it as a kind of slur because they heard progressives using it?
minus-squarenebula42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·edit-211 months agoIt’s (basically) used to describe communists that still support authoritarian regimes such as the ussr, China, and north korea
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoI’ve not really heard conservatives use it, mostly lefties who want to distance themselves as far as they can from it.
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·11 months agoWhy do all the 40 year old boomer Lemmy users call anything to the left of the most moderate Democrat “tankie”?
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up32·edit-211 months agoI do not see it using for leftists in general. Just the ones that for some reason support Russia and China
minus-squareTotallynotJessica@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoExactly. Those boomer posters just call you a communist.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 months agoMillennial, thank you very much. And, no, as an Anarchist I can definitely say that tankies are to the right of me. By like twenty parsecs. Also, this.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): Also, this Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months ago 40 year old boomer Wrong age class. Boomers are 60+
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-211 months ago“OK, boomer” attacks a mindset, not a generation Another example is a pretty big meme from 5 years ago, the 30 year old boomer.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoLmao at the 30 year old boomer I don’t see why I’m being called a boomer (or at least that’s what seems to be happening here). While I’m not exactly storming the Bastille over here, I’m pretty fucking liberal.
minus-squareBreezy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoDamnit 30 year olds are boomers now? Where was this boom? Did i miss it or something?
minus-squareRocket@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoMy, the 15 year old boomers are out of touch.
minus-squareHot Saucerman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago Don’t trust anyone over 30. -Jack Weinberg
minus-squareKillAllPoorPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI’m not calling you a boomer, unless you’re calling the image you posted tankie material and yourself a tankie.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoFive years ago? Philipp Amthor turned 30 last year. Also he’s not known as the 30 year old boomer but Germany’s youngest pensioner.
minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoA bit like how anybody further right of Biden is often branded a Nazi by the left, regardless of whether their policies actually resemble Fascism. Politics has turned heavily toxic and partisan.
minus-squareFranzia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoModerates are still a large demographic in the US but completely unrepresented in the media and in government. Edit: so yeah I agree. I’m personally not likely to label a moderate a Nazi, but I’ll stay vigilant about it.
minus-squareHeavyCream@beehaw.orgBlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·11 months agoWhy would you be called a tankie? I don’t see any leftist authoritarianism here.
In b4 I’m called a tankie
Nothing tankie about this. Do conservatives just use it as a kind of slur because they heard progressives using it?
It’s (basically) used to describe communists that still support authoritarian regimes such as the ussr, China, and north korea
Yeah, basically
I’ve not really heard conservatives use it, mostly lefties who want to distance themselves as far as they can from it.
Why do all the 40 year old boomer Lemmy users call anything to the left of the most moderate Democrat “tankie”?
I do not see it using for leftists in general. Just the ones that for some reason support Russia and China
Exactly. Those boomer posters just call you a communist.
Millennial, thank you very much. And, no, as an Anarchist I can definitely say that tankies are to the right of me. By like twenty parsecs.
Also, this.
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Wrong age class. Boomers are 60+
“OK, boomer” attacks a mindset, not a generation
Another example is a pretty big meme from 5 years ago, the 30 year old boomer.
Lmao at the 30 year old boomer
I don’t see why I’m being called a boomer (or at least that’s what seems to be happening here).
While I’m not exactly storming the Bastille over here, I’m pretty fucking liberal.
Damnit 30 year olds are boomers now? Where was this boom? Did i miss it or something?
My, the 15 year old boomers are out of touch.
-Jack Weinberg
I’m not calling you a boomer, unless you’re calling the image you posted tankie material and yourself a tankie.
Five years ago? Philipp Amthor turned 30 last year. Also he’s not known as the 30 year old boomer but Germany’s youngest pensioner.
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A bit like how anybody further right of Biden is often branded a Nazi by the left, regardless of whether their policies actually resemble Fascism.
Politics has turned heavily toxic and partisan.
Moderates are still a large demographic in the US but completely unrepresented in the media and in government.
Edit: so yeah I agree. I’m personally not likely to label a moderate a Nazi, but I’ll stay vigilant about it.
Why would you be called a tankie? I don’t see any leftist authoritarianism here.