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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.
A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.
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It is a weird world where the Tankies align with Moscow Marjorie
It's not surprising at all, they're working for the same people.
I'm my experience, they tend to be authoritarian first and Leftist second at best. Note that I'm not talking about all M-Ls, just those that support military force and violence to quell dissent.
Leftist = authoritarian.