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It's like that episode of Seinfled with a limo rule (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by OttoVonNoob to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's the new word for "commie" that I've only ever seen on Lemmy. I'm guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.

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

Not new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.