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i’ve only ever seen tankies complain about the word “tankie” being over used. i guess us non-tankies just don’t hear it very often.
there’s also this false dichotomy i’ve seen many tankies present where they try to argue that people are either liberals or tankies. it is possible to be a leftist and not support authoritarian governments.
I've seen Anarchists, Marxists, and progressive liberals all called "tankie" before, so either you aren't looking or you consider them to be "tankies." Secondly, I don't know what you mean by "supporting authoritarian governments," leftists don't support the US Empire.