When I said “tankie is a pejorative for communist,” I meant communist in the way most people think of the term. If you want to call anarchists communists, even if I think that is more confusing than clarifying due to the dramatic differences in communalization vs. Collectivization, then I’ll restate it for you: “tankie is a pejorative for Marxist,” then. While I have seen anarchists get called “tankie” before, it’s overwhelmingly used against Marxists, and when the average person hears communist they think of Marxism, not anarchism.
When I said “tankie is a pejorative for communist,” I meant communist in the way most people think of the term. If you want to call anarchists communists, even if I think that is more confusing than clarifying due to the dramatic differences in communalization vs. Collectivization, then I’ll restate it for you: “tankie is a pejorative for Marxist,” then. While I have seen anarchists get called “tankie” before, it’s overwhelmingly used against Marxists, and when the average person hears communist they think of Marxism, not anarchism.