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OP was quite poorly behaved in the post that they are referencing, acting in bad faith as a troll completely uninterested in thinking or learning about the topic.
The ignorance and incuriousity is exemplified by the irresponsible use of the term "tankie", seeming to be a conflation with all socialists or leftists, or simply everyone whose position they personally fail to understand and refuse to respect.
Some bullishness is generally warranted as a response to those who refuse to examine their own behavior.
Feel free to answer the question. "Tankie" is by absolutely no means a conflation with all socialists or leftists. Tankies are right-wing, which is why we don't like them.
Again, feel free to answer the fairly basic question, IDK how you can refuse to do that and preemptively accuse any and every listener of being obviously incurious about the answer. You have no idea who's reading this who you now have the opportunity to make a sensible argument to.
You seem confused.
My best suggestion is that you reread the thread from the beginning, preferably when your head is more clear.
Sounds like you're incurious
Did you reread the thread from the beginning?
Oh, yeah. Absolutely. So what's your answer?
OK bot.
Aren't you a little bit curious about what the answer might be?
If you don't know the answer, I can help provide it. Maybe it might spark some kind of curiosity on your part...
(I feel like you're not trying very hard to engage productively here lol)
You need to be rebooted.
You're being quite poorly behaved in these comments, acting in bad faith as a troll completely uninterested in thinking or learning about the topic. The ignorance and incuriousity is exemplified, I think.
But that's not a surprise lol. I'm done now, just making the point for the record. Have fun with your trolling, I hope your engagement with your specific chosen style of engagement goes really well for you and leads you to happiness about your participation.
I assumed you were confused, but now it is plain that you are comprehensively deranged.