Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caimagemessage-square573fedilinkarrow-up1942arrow-down1204
arrow-up1738arrow-down1imageThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square573fedilink
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·16 hours agoAgain: The term’s contemporary usage But also: JFK Files Reveal CIA Role in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising | The tankies were right The Hungarian Freedom Fighters were [Central Intelligence] Agency sponsored.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·16 hours agoSo you’re a tankie in real life?
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·7 hours agoTankies dont say slava ukranini!
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·15 hours agoHave you stopped beating your wife? Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours agoAnd none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word
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But also: JFK Files Reveal CIA Role in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising | The tankies were right
So you’re a tankie in real life?
Tankies dont say slava ukranini!
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
And none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word