I had to search for “tankie”. Thanks for introducing a new word for me. For people who don't know what “tankie” is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

However, please keep in mind that not everyone who is not a priori against communism can be classified as hard core Stalinist. One should be able to criticize both systems, and wish a better one, without being labelled from one side as “tankie” and from the other side as “imperialistic capitalistic pig”, or another insult of the day.