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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Question: why are they called tankies?

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 points 12 hours 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 4 points 13 hours ago

Thats pretty much why I think.