It’s not shilling, it’s nuance. American main stream thinking is full of lies about both China and Russia. And both conservatives and liberals HATE when people don’t fall in line.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Your second and third sentence are true. I have definitely seen plenty of shills though.

In my experience I've only seen the word tankie be used by leftists. Libs and conservatives don't even know what a tankie is.

[–] MaeBorowski@hexbear.net 17 points 9 hours ago

Anyone who uses the term "tankie" unironically to disparage other leftists is a lib. Anyone who uses the term ironically to make fun of those who don't is a leftist. But you're right, conservatives don't know what it means, they also don't know that they are libs as well.