@TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world • 1 year agoAnarchists are Tankieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
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minus-square@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•1 year agoI always associate tankie with “I say I love communism and when it comes to Tianamen square, I side with the tank.”
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink3•1 year agoIt’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56. But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.
minus-square@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoI assumed I was wrong, its just kind of a mnemonic. Thanks for the info tho 😃
minus-square@TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoPeter Fryer was expelled by the British communist party for his book- The Hungarian Tragedy, when the term tankie was coined.
I always associate tankie with “I say I love communism and when it comes to Tianamen square, I side with the tank.”
It’s actually a term coined by British communists to describe the chuds who supported the Soviets sending tanks into the Hungarian revolt in ‘56.
But the Tiananmen Square massacre just goes to further show how fucked up ML is and its hatred for the people.
I assumed I was wrong, its just kind of a mnemonic.
Thanks for the info tho 😃
Peter Fryer was expelled by the British communist party for his book- The Hungarian Tragedy, when the term tankie was coined.