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What is a tankie?
The term originates from Soviet and aligned regimes sending in tanks to brutally crush protests and rebellions. E.g. The Hungarian Revolution, The Prague Spring Uprising, Tiananmen Square, etc. Some communists were disgusted at their fellows for cheering on said oppression ("Send in the tanks!") and started calling them Tankies.
Tankies fellate oppressive regimes and dictators. They're the smooth-brained "communists" that live in a binary world where anything "their side" does is good and anything the west does is "evil". They'll claim any criticism of historically "communist" countries like China and Russia is a CIA talking point ... because they're idiots.
TL;DR -- they're the MAGAts of the left.
And anyone who dares criticize them or any actual communist is a fascist, of course!
"An actual communist is someone who hates any communist movement that has actually managed to successfully overthrow its country's ruling class and take power," I say without a hint of irony