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minus-squareTheLowestStonelinkfedilink4•4 months agoTankies are fans of authoritarianism masquerading as communism. The term comes from the famous Tiananmen Square image.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 months agoIt’s partially false info. The term comes from the invasion of Hungary by USSR.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-24 months ago The term comes from the famous Tiananmen Square image. This is wrong. It seems like libs trying to retrofit their sinophobia? The term comes from the USSR invasion of Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoI appreciate you correcting them (Because otherwise I was going to) but saying its sinophobia is a stretch, its almost certainly just that Tiananmen Square is more famous.
Tankies are fans of authoritarianism masquerading as communism. The term comes from the famous Tiananmen Square image.
Thanks!
It’s partially false info. The term comes from the invasion of Hungary by USSR.
This is wrong. It seems like libs trying to retrofit their sinophobia?
The term comes from the USSR invasion of Hungary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
I appreciate you correcting them (Because otherwise I was going to) but saying its sinophobia is a stretch, its almost certainly just that Tiananmen Square is more famous.