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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Usually people who advocate military communism, such as defending tiananmen square, Stalin, and more. Basically it's usually the belief that anything a government professing to be communist does must be good.

[–] piezoelectron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I should emphasize that a lot of pro-Western outlets and commentators have recently weaponised the term to discredit any diverging points of view re-the Ukraine War. So someone like Cornel West would be a "tankie" by this point of view, which is actually kind of disgusting in how dishonest it is.

[–] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

Diverging points of view? Like what, that Ukraine should just surrender and let itself be conquered?