Even if you disagree with them, Trotskyists are not tankies, simple Marxists aren’t tankies, leftists curious and exploring different theories aren’t tankies, and ffs anarchists like myself are not tankies.
I feel like “tankie” indicated a very specific worldview at one time, but it’s been used lately a lot to mean things like “doesn’t agree with nations supporting oppression and inequity up to and including genocide” – which is drastically at odds with how I’ve seen the term used in the past, no?
Hmmm I’ve looked at a lot of liberals’ comment histories in the fediverse, and they seem like they’re being genuine. This doesn’t sound right. I think it’s very dangerous to assume everyone is a troll.
As much as I dislike the liberal shit, I’m not fond of dehumanizing people by assuming they’re all bots, shills, and trolls. I think it’s misconceptions like that which cause the really harmful division.