• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Tankie does not mean anti-cop at all, it’s a pro-authoritarian label

    It’s a “pro-Russia/China” label. You can be as authoritarian as you like without being a tankie. You just need to couch it as pro-NATO or pro-American.

    But any suggestion that Western censorship, trade sanctions, or militant policing is bad can get you tagged as a Russian Bot or Chinese Wumao.