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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's essentially just the modern day "commie", used to carry out mccarthyite witch-hunting against anyone perceived to be "anti-white".

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