• t3rmit3@beehaw.org
    7·
    8 months ago

    Yes, that is the origin of the term, but it is not what it means now. Is that too complex for you?

    • zerfuffle@lemmy.ml
      1·
      8 months ago

      By the widely recognized origin of the word (the Soviet Union rolling in tanks to suppress revolution in Hungary) and what it means (people in support of that use of force and tanks to suppress civilian revolution), supporters of Israel and the US are both “tankies.” Glad we agree, good talk!

      Let me be a bit more clear:

      By the widely recognized origin of the word

      Edit: maybe I wasn’t clear enough

      widely recognized origin

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
        5·
        8 months ago

        Ah, I see your confusion.

        what it means (people in support of that use of force and tanks to suppress civilian revolution)

        This ^ is the incorrect part of your statement. That is not what it means now.

        edit: Also

        Tankie refers to those people who supported the Soviet use of tanks to quell the Hungarian revolution.

        Emphasis added. If you meant “referred” in the past tense, that was a typo on your part. Otherwise, you are just trying to reclaim the term to an earlier meaning.