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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Question: why are they called tankies?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 11 points 6 months ago

Because they supported using tanks to put down the workers revolution in Hungary (and also some other place drag can't remember)

[–] needanke@feddit.org 5 points 6 months ago

Thats pretty much why I think.