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minus-squareLittleLordLimerick@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWords evolve and change in meaning. Calling someone a tankie in 2023 is not a comment on their opinions of an event that happened a lifetime ago.
minus-squarevery_poggers_gay [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoRight, now Tankie is all but useless because liberals and so-called leftists that criticize communism use it the same way conservatives use “woke”
minus-squareLittleLordLimerick@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI actually think conservatives usually use the term “woke” correctly, though? Like, everything they call “woke” is typically good.
minus-squarebrain_in_a_box [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, much like how everything liberals call “tankie” is actually good.
Words evolve and change in meaning. Calling someone a tankie in 2023 is not a comment on their opinions of an event that happened a lifetime ago.
Right, now Tankie is all but useless because liberals and so-called leftists that criticize communism use it the same way conservatives use “woke”
I actually think conservatives usually use the term “woke” correctly, though? Like, everything they call “woke” is typically good.
Yeah, much like how everything liberals call “tankie” is actually good.