this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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Dunking on Tankies from a leftist perspective.

A tankie is someone who defends/supports authoritarian or even totalitarian regimes who call themselves "socialist". The term originated from people supporting the 1956 invasion of Hungary by the Soviet Union. Nowadays they are just terminally online, denying genocides, and falling for totalitarian propaganda and calling such regimes "true democracies". remember to censor usernames when necessary.

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[–] CMGX78 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean… unironicly, is this where horseshoe theory comes from?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Other way around - stethoscope theory was made in response to horseshoe theory.