Where did I do this? Why do you just “doubt” based on something that never happened?

You literally did at the beginning of this comment chain. The idea of a Communist calling other Communists “tankies” is a bit silly.

You yourself. You said Stalin was no dictator. You lumped conservatives with liberals together.

Stalin wasn’t a dictator according to the CIA itself. If using historical evidence and proper analysis makes me a “tankie,” then sure. Conservatives are a type of liberal as well, yes.

Authoritarians calling themselves communists or socialists. Online, in discussions, this usually is expressed by relativizing oppressive regimes that call themselves communist or socialist, like China or USSR. Like you do.

The PRC is Socialist, and the USSR was Socialist. I don’t see how anyone labeling themselves a Socialist or a Communist could genuinely believe otherwise unless they haven’t read theory. Would you mind explaining? According to you, authoritarians are just Communists who have actually read Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc.

Why do you think I generalize? Projection? In this very thread I made very clear I don’t generalize.

You’re all over the place, you denounce AES yet call yourself a Communist, you call Communists tankies, it’s all very weird.

I can make recommendations for a basic theory reading list if you want.