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The Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaign (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

this is incorrect, the origin of the term "tankie" comes from the UK in the 50s, used to refer to hard-line communists. The term references the USSR sending the military to Hungary in 1956 in response to the Hungarian Revolution.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, which is what I posted in an update of that post.