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The Republicans Should've Faced Way More Criticism During The 2024 Presidential Campaign (lemmy.ca)

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

That’s because nobody is called “tankie” in real life. No one has called me a “tankie” either. The term’s contemporary usage is a creature of social media. It’s a dumb, cringey online meme.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Hmmmmmmmmmm... nah. It's from the 1950s. They didn't have 9gag back then

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Again:

The term’s contemporary usage

But also: JFK Files Reveal CIA Role in the 1956 Hungarian Uprising | The tankies were right

The Hungarian Freedom Fighters were [Central Intelligence] Agency sponsored.

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

So you're a tankie in real life?

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 hour ago

Tankies dont say slava ukranini!

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Have you stopped beating your wife?

Ask a dozen people what “tankie” means and you’ll get a dozen conflicting answers. It’s a floating signifier for dismissing those to one’s political left. It’s a thought-terminating cliché rhetorical device.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

And none of those dozen answers will correspond to how any of them actually use the word

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