If liberals genuinely want to understand and confront the rise of the far right, then rather than smearing the left they should perhaps reflect on their own faults.
Kinda, in the same way “commie” and “pinko” are pejoratives for communists like “tankie” is. It’s just a way for anti-communists to hurl insults towards communists, and some communists have now jokingly begun referring to themselved as tankies as a response. It’s meaningless beyond the fact that it’s a pejorative.
‘Horseshoe theory’ is nonsense – the far right and far left have little in common
Communists are far-left, and are the polar opposite of the far-right, what’s right-wing isn’t determined soley by whoever you personally dislike.
So you’re saying that tankies=communists?
Kinda, in the same way “commie” and “pinko” are pejoratives for communists like “tankie” is. It’s just a way for anti-communists to hurl insults towards communists, and some communists have now jokingly begun referring to themselved as tankies as a response. It’s meaningless beyond the fact that it’s a pejorative.