Comment on .ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this

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frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“Tankies” didn’t come from a Western imperialist state

The term “tankie” was invented by UK leftists to criticize other leftists for their support of the USSR’s use of tanks to suppress the Hungarian Revolution and later in the Prague Spring as well

If you believe that the UK isn’t a Western imperialist state, I’ve got a bridge I’d like to see if you’re interested in buying

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