The term Tankie has a clear definition that Cowbee likes to ignore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those > who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the > occurrence of the events thereof.
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I mean it’s a good definition because it accurately reflects how the word is used. It’s the word itself that is silly and indicates the person using it sucks.
The definition should point that out, gives a false impression otherwise. The word perceived should be in their
That’s implicit in all definitions