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Equivalent of "woke", but used by liberals. Generally meaning "people left of us that we don't like".
Not really. It's someone who claims to be liberal or progressive or a way left thinker willing to use force to make the world what they want
People who diminish or refute Tiananmen Square 1989 are tankies
This is the problem with "tankie", nobody can actually define it.
You, attempting to refute that it's "woke" but for liberals, proved that it is "woke" for liberals.
It's trivial to define tankies. They are authoritarians masquerading as leftists. C.f. National Socialist Party. Do you claim to be a leftist? Do you support authoritarianism? Tada, you're a tankie.