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I do know what a tankie is, and why one would be against them, but I have never encountered so many people using the word. It's all over the place here. Why?

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[–] PostmodernPythia 2 points 2 years ago

In addition to tankies being involved in Lemmy’s development, the fediverse contains more actual lefties than a lot of the internet, and that means 2 things: -more tankies simply because there are more of them in leftist spaces -more people using the word “tankie,” because leftists are more likely to be familiar with the term. Anyone on the right would call them “commies” instead.