Comment on Guess I'm on the right track 😌

inbeesee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Here’s a recap post

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  • inbeesee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Thanks! (Tanks?)

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    • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.

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      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        No, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.

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