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[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (24 children)

Ok. I'm new here. What's a tankie

Edit: tysm everyone for the answers

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People that Stan authoritarian countries. The term comes from when the USSR crushed liberation movements with tanks in the Republics and many western communists approved of the crushing. People who love China, Russia, Assad’s Syria, etc are tankies.

[–] toxiczombie@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Makes sense. Tyvm

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