And my phone "rings" even though it has no bell, and I "hang it up" even though I tap a pretend button on a screen.

Terms change. "Tankie" means auth-left, not literally anyone in a tank.

The term for someone who crushes civilians with a tank in the Auth-Right is "fascist," even if they don't carry fasces.

Keep up. Pop open a dictionary every once in a while, or heavens forbid, touch grass or talk to people.