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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No, tankie is a reference to Soviets using tanks to quell uprisings in Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968).

Tankies are not leftists, they're authoritarian simps that hate the United States and love China/Russia. If you think Russia is leftist you're insane, doubly so for China.

Edit: I also find it funny that the person I'm responding to has had this explanation given to them already.

Edit 2: Ok that may have been an honest mistake, I'm sorry I'm just like a raw nerve when it comes to this topic.

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe that person, whoever they are, has amnesia. Or dementia.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Or were just engaging in the thread not paying attention, I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation.