We know that some people eventually work past their “fuck tankies” stage because we did. Most of us used to believe the same things and for the same reasons, because we grew up under largely the same conditions.
It’s a common throughline in his writing, usually related to how we pervieve information based on our perception of the source. If the US says a country is evil, leftists might be suspicious of this claim and sometimes assume the opposite (to an extent), while conservatives would happily go along with it.
I’ve been called a tankie for saying ACA didn’t far enough and was just a conservative plan.
Also seen people called it for saying maybe we should have better public transport. It’s been rendered as useless as calling someone woke. Just a meaningless word people use as a slur at this point
We know that some people eventually work past their “fuck tankies” stage because we did. Most of us used to believe the same things and for the same reasons, because we grew up under largely the same conditions.
Actually I was never this insufferable.
Literally me fr, hell I used to be a lib if you could believe that :3
Yup
Tankie is a disgruntled state of mind/interaction. A basic incompatibility.
Tankie is a thought-terminating cliché by liberals that can’t handle losing an argument and don’t know how else to punch left.
Tankie is just a pejorative for those who support existing socialist states.
I have supported socialist states, said positive things about Vietnam and China on countless occasions and never been called a Tankie.
So I think there is a discussion and attitude element to it.
Depends on the audience, more than anything. Most socialists aren’t going to waste time calling each other a tankie.
The same comment can be interpreted differently based on the author instance by liberals.
Do the same type of comment with an account on .ml and see if people will call you tankie or not.
Hermeneutics in action. Thanks, Losurdo!
What Losurdo wrote related to that? I never read anything from him(I suck at reading important shit).
It’s a common throughline in his writing, usually related to how we pervieve information based on our perception of the source. If the US says a country is evil, leftists might be suspicious of this claim and sometimes assume the opposite (to an extent), while conservatives would happily go along with it.
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Oh that is from him?
You’re a tankie.
Vroom vroom.
I’ve been called a tankie for saying ACA didn’t far enough and was just a conservative plan.
Also seen people called it for saying maybe we should have better public transport. It’s been rendered as useless as calling someone woke. Just a meaningless word people use as a slur at this point