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minus-squareTomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·5 hours agoIt means what it has always meant - “a person who is correct too early”.
minus-squareKimLuff@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down10·5 hours agoHoly fuck that’s even vaguer. What issues are we talking about here and what’s your stance lmao.
minus-squareTomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·5 hours agoIt’s not vague at all. It is invariably used as an admission that the “tankie” person is correct, but the speaker can’t admit that yet.
minus-squareTomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·5 hours agoAbout whichever they are being called a “tankie” over.
minus-squareKimLuff@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoOh definitely usually yeah I see it used by fascists all the time to try and attach leftists to global military domination that capitalists are obviously responsible for, for example.
minus-squareTomorrow_Farewell@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoI am not aware of any examples that don’t fall under the usage that I described.
minus-squareKimLuff@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoFair enough! That is the majority of times I see it used too
It means what it has always meant - “a person who is correct too early”.
Holy fuck that’s even vaguer.
What issues are we talking about here and what’s your stance lmao.
It’s not vague at all. It is invariably used as an admission that the “tankie” person is correct, but the speaker can’t admit that yet.
Correct about what
About whichever they are being called a “tankie” over.
Oh definitely usually yeah I see it used by fascists all the time to try and attach leftists to global military domination that capitalists are obviously responsible for, for example.
I am not aware of any examples that don’t fall under the usage that I described.
Fair enough! That is the majority of times I see it used too
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