Sunshine (she/her) to Political MemesEnglish · 27 days agoThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignimagemessage-square623linkfedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down1213
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·26 days agoHave you stopped beating your wife? Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mlBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·25 days agoAnd none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.
And none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word