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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

you sound bitter as fuck about it

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So you had this outburst just to make them look better?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

... what outburst?

[–] BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

try to genuinely understand where your siblings are coming from. you might not change your mind but you will at least be more chill about it.