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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks 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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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OP, what have you unleashed.

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I just thought this was where you came to ask questions.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago

It is, I'm just kidding around. Your question was innocent enough, it's just that the comments look like a battlefield.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you're on the .ml instance, which is an incredibly political place, so you're gonna get a lot of flack

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago

I think every instance has pretty strong political views