Stalin didn’t send the tanks, he died in 1953, while the hungarian revolution happened in 1956, the prague spring uprising even later in 1968, and as far as I know the term was created in connection with these events.
Happy to be of service. Hopefully once we’ve posted enough of these tankies will stop going into the comments to spread genocide denial and authoritarian apologia.
Loving the anti-tankie memes, establishing this community to be based af
Anti-tankie memes and anti-nazi memes. Y’all are alright. _
Sorry to ask. I guess I’m one of the lucky 10,000 today, but what is a Tankie?
Auth left fascists. Stalin/mauist sympathizers. Think of the polar extreme opposite of authoritarian right.
Generally someone who makes justifications and/or excuses for totalitarian communist regimes and their atrocities.
It came from still supporting Stalin after he sent tanks into a rebelling territory.
Stalin didn’t send the tanks, he died in 1953, while the hungarian revolution happened in 1956, the prague spring uprising even later in 1968, and as far as I know the term was created in connection with these events.
Happy to be of service. Hopefully once we’ve posted enough of these tankies will stop going into the comments to spread genocide denial and authoritarian apologia.
Laughter is the best medicine in the sense that it’s poison to things that are harmful.