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But DrUgS at The Border!! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Tankies are fans of authoritarianism masquerading as communism. ~~The term comes from the famous Tiananmen Square image.~~

Edit: I was misinformed

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The term comes from the famous Tiananmen Square image.

This is wrong. It seems like libs trying to retrofit their sinophobia?

The term comes from the USSR invasion of Hungary.

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I appreciate you correcting them (Because otherwise I was going to) but saying its sinophobia is a stretch, its almost certainly just that Tiananmen Square is more famous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

My bad. Now I'm wondering where I picked up that bit of incorrect information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

It's partially false info. The term comes from the invasion of Hungary by USSR.