• @Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    -128 months ago

    Calling people “tankies” calls forth an imagine of old men yelling at everyone to stay off their lawn.

    • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      78 months ago

      You mean, instead of the definition of being fans of genocidal maniacs who would turn tanks onto the population?

      • @Pratai@lemmy.ca
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        -48 months ago

        I couldn’t care less what they are, it using derogatory terms to describe someone is childish.

    • YeetPics
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      8 months ago

      For me it gets me picturing the tank man getting turned into ground beef by a tank while his countrymen cheer.