• Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    I almost never see this, but I see complaints about “tankies” all the time. I’m not even sure what a tankie is, but it seems about as stupid as the term “woke”.

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      1 year ago

      Have a look at comments in any news article regarding Ukraine. They will simp for Russia just because they are not US allies.

      A tankie is commonly used to refer to someone who blindly defends the actions of the USSR, China, North Korea, etc. Going as far as denying human rights abuses and genocide.

      It’s not the same thing as woke.