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Edit: The user who posted the imsge on LSC deleted their account lol

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        And subsequently banned for being too Chapo-adjacent, yeah.

        Either way, the term "tankie" is just an upgraded term for "Antifa" or "Stupid Leftist" or "Naderite" or "Card Carrying Member of the ACLU". There was always a word for "people who are so left that they are crazy" and this is just the latest iteration.

        The only appropriate response is :tankie: . Really fucks with the Neoliberals, because you know that gang would have loved Dukakis 40 years ago.

    • cokedupchavez [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      oh was that word commonly used back then? i thought that totally resurfaced last year except for in fringe trot circles

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        r/ChapoTrapHouse was at the bleeding edge of Reddit culture (in both positive and negative aspects). A lot of discussions, arguments, terminology, snowclones, and memes originated there and flowed downstream to the defaults and r/all.

        For instance, someone did a data visualization on the use and spread of "OK Boomer" and r/CTH was the vanguard. The same could very well be true of the "tankie" discourse, considering the fact that it only gets worse as it rolls downhill like a giant Katamari ball of dog shit.