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Right, I thought you were talking about something that ACTUALLY happens when the topic comes up, not just being hyperbolic like Trump when decrying socialism.
I take it you're a "I dislike both sides, we need a return to the middle" type of centrist?
Lmao nah, this meme is about ml support for explicitly fash Russia.
I'm a "War is actually fucking evil, humanity should really stop invading their neighbors" sorta fella. Very unpopular all around, I know.
That's not really a conflict to do with American Imperialism (as per the meme).
I think sometimes the word "tankie" is used by well meaning centrist Liberal to mean "anyone Socialist" and then pose these really simple strawmen, which might even be informed by, or aid in going after Socialists of all varieties.
...and that feels very much like something the conservative right (generationally) has set up, as much as it's a response to "once some communist prick was mean to me because I hadn't read the same books as him" (a known phenomena, and problem in a few communities)...
...either way it seems like fodder to create leftwing infighting. Which probably isn't a good thing.