u/tennessee_jedi - originally from r/GenZhou
Just the newest iteration of an anti-communist red-scare style slur. The current version of “red”, “commie”, “pinko”, etc.
u/SSR_Id_prefer_not_to - originally from r/GenZhou
Which has then been co-opted by communists, especially Marxist-Leninists, right? The way I’ve seen it proliferate is as a slur and then a meta-reclamation of the term. Kind of like how boomers think “queer” is a slur but younger generations own the term and actually embrace it. (Emphasis on “kind of”; the oppression of, and propaganda, against each group is not the same, although there is overlap).
u/PaiosFranen - originally from r/GenZhou
Not really. MLs are the ones who often get called “tankie”. We say it ironically sometimes, but not seriously.
u/SSR_Id_prefer_not_to - originally from r/GenZhou
It’s not an ironic reclamation? Why are there so many pro-MLish subs that are “moretankie X” as if to signify that said subreddit will be a communist version of a generic sub. I think we’re mostly saying the same thing, but I appreciate your clarification. MLs are MLs and ironically use the term “tankie” to take the wind out of the reactionary sails, as it were (is that fair?). That’s kind of how I’ve seen the term spread.
u/tennessee_jedi - originally from r/GenZhouJust the newest iteration of an anti-communist red-scare style slur. The current version of “red”, “commie”, “pinko”, etc.
u/SSR_Id_prefer_not_to - originally from r/GenZhouWhich has then been co-opted by communists, especially Marxist-Leninists, right? The way I’ve seen it proliferate is as a slur and then a meta-reclamation of the term. Kind of like how boomers think “queer” is a slur but younger generations own the term and actually embrace it. (Emphasis on “kind of”; the oppression of, and propaganda, against each group is not the same, although there is overlap).
u/PaiosFranen - originally from r/GenZhouNot really. MLs are the ones who often get called “tankie”. We say it ironically sometimes, but not seriously.
u/SSR_Id_prefer_not_to - originally from r/GenZhouIt’s not an ironic reclamation? Why are there so many pro-MLish subs that are “moretankie X” as if to signify that said subreddit will be a communist version of a generic sub. I think we’re mostly saying the same thing, but I appreciate your clarification. MLs are MLs and ironically use the term “tankie” to take the wind out of the reactionary sails, as it were (is that fair?). That’s kind of how I’ve seen the term spread.
u/Mai4eeze - originally from r/GenZhouIdk, this sub recommends /r/InformedTankie and /r/asktankies on the sidebar