Irelephant comments on Comment threads, on the default lemmy-ui.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee [S] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Most of the people you are talking about, are not who I am referring to in the post.

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am talking about the majority of the people people on Lemmy call "tankies." Not everyone has your specific view and nuance of the word, yet when others see you use it to describe people, they think of the worst nightmare of McCarthy. It's better to not use the word at all, unless you want to antagonize Marxists in general, because that's what Marxists see it as.

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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What do you recommend I use instead?

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

My recommendation is to either refrain from using it, or use it with the knowledge that it's just an anti-communist pejorative. I don't recommend trying to claim you aren't an anti-Communist while using the modern version of "pinko," when everyone hears it as such.

My biggest recommendation, though, is to just visit places you feel are "tankie" and try to ask questions in good faith. Make a Hexbear account, and participate in the general megathread, browse the news mega, or just lurk, and then you'll get a better view of what these "tankies" are actually like when they aren't in an environment hostile to them and dedicated to misrepresenting their words at every instance.

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