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The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
It predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.
Yep, the Prague spring.
No, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.
stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yep, the Prague spring.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.