@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoIt's like that episode of Seinfled with a limo rulelemmy.caimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down18
arrow-up1106arrow-down1imageIt's like that episode of Seinfled with a limo rulelemmy.ca@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareDettweilerlink5•2 years agoIt’s the new word for “commie” that I’ve only ever seen on Lemmy. I’m guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•edit-22 years ago‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoNot new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilink3•edit-22 years agoI’ve seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.
It’s the new word for “commie” that I’ve only ever seen on Lemmy. I’m guessing some people thought that was a bit too cliche.
‘Tankie’ has been a thing since tanks rolled into Eastern Europe in the 1950s…
Not new, Tankies have existed since Khrushchev sent tanks to shut down a revolution in Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956 And was a way to describe hardliners by the mid sixties.
I’ve seen it on Reddit a lot, but usually from UK and Australian users.