ItsYaBoiBananaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.net to anarchism@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThank god this place is here, I was un c/the_dunk_tank for 5 minutes and I lost so many braincells. That place is a literal hellholemessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareThank god this place is here, I was un c/the_dunk_tank for 5 minutes and I lost so many braincells. That place is a literal hellholeItsYaBoiBananaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.net to anarchism@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago tankie Do you know the historical origins of the term, tankie, perchance?
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt specifically was a slander against Khruschev for putting down a “revolution” in Hungary. That revolution was a CIA-backed “color revolution.” where fascists were doing pogroms against Jews and Communists. https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/VRz8Ef9DqP.png
Do you know the historical origins of the term, tankie, perchance?
Stalinists.
It specifically was a slander against Khruschev for putting down a “revolution” in Hungary. That revolution was a CIA-backed “color revolution.” where fascists were doing pogroms against Jews and Communists.
https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/VRz8Ef9DqP.png