cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agoGuess I'm on the right track 😌lemmy.worldimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoThe moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoNo, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoIt predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.
Thanks! (Tanks?)
The moniker Tankie is a reference to the Tiananmen Square Massacre because of their minimalizing or outright denials regarding the incident.
No, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.
It predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.
Yep, the Prague spring.