Even if you disagree with them, Trotskyists are not tankies, simple Marxists aren't tankies, leftists curious and exploring different theories aren't tankies, and ffs anarchists like myself are not tankies.
I feel like "tankie" indicated a very specific worldview at one time, but it's been used lately a lot to mean things like "doesn't agree with nations supporting oppression and inequity up to and including genocide" -- which is drastically at odds with how I've seen the term used in the past, no?
There are a lot of liberals of every age, unfortunately. It's a widely popular worldview that is killing us all.
I ask myself this every time I ban one lol. Even though it's expressly against the rules, they still come here on a daily basis. They seem to have an innate need to dominate the conversation. This tracks with their centrism, allyship of political convenience/popularity, and defense of capitalism, coupled with their desire to be seen as the "good" and "wise" voices in the room, in spite of all the atrocities they support.