Oh! All this time and I hadn’t clocked that tankie was referencing the Tiananmen Square massacre. That makes a lot of sense.
I thought it was something related to think-tanks or something, some kind of weird way of saying “brainiac” or having “big-brained ideas” in a derogatory manner.
Damn, you can’t even use China as the positive comparison here without some random tankie getting pissed I didn’t adequately glaze China.
Yeah, the comparison is positive, but also anyone who disagrees with you wants you murdered by a tank.
FFS, can you people take any level of criticism?
Oh! All this time and I hadn’t clocked that tankie was referencing the Tiananmen Square massacre. That makes a lot of sense.
I thought it was something related to think-tanks or something, some kind of weird way of saying “brainiac” or having “big-brained ideas” in a derogatory manner.
It’s not. It’s referencing the Hungarian Revolt of '56.
Hahaha.
Well, in my heart of hearts, this is who it’s really talking about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie