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[–] weeahnn@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

while tankies ARE fascists the word "tankie" actually comes from the 1956 Hungarian revolution, when the Soviets sent in tanks to crush a democratic socialist revolution. The tankie part comes from the people who were overjoyed and happy when the tanks rolled in. (IFAIK mainly used for Western communists)