The term Tankie has a clear definition that Cowbee likes to ignore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof.
Join the lemmy.ml boycott today and help foster a better Lemmy-verse! No more posts, comments (except to counter their propaganda ofc!) or upvotes on any comms on the Lemmy.ml instance! To make this easy you can do an instance block at Settings > Block Tab > Scroll to bottom > Input “lemmy.ml” and apply
And consider donating to individual instances instead.
Check the megathread for more!
I find it very hard to believe, given CowBee’s constant proselytizing, that they do not understand the distinction being made here.
I guarantee you they 100% understand. They simply don’t care and are just being dishonest. They believe the ends justify the means.
That sweet Kremlin dough…
I mean he’s not what they call a useful idiot.
You think cowbee is being paid by the kremlin?
Or being paid by parties in the US who want to make “Communism” look bad.
I think that’s the real source for a lot of tankie bullshit.