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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 2 months 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 2 months ago
It predates that, actually. Goes back to the USSR sending tanks into Eastern Europe to put down rebellion.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep, the Prague spring.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, it was coined for those who supported the soviet invasions of Hungary and czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968.