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[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 2 days ago (154 children)

nowadays tankie just means someone who shills for china/russia with a communist background

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or someone who slightly disagrees with a republican

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Or even a democrat. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been called a tankie, by liberals, for simply not adhering to status-quo ideology.

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