Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 days agoThe Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaignlemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square675fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 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.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 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