• harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    I was wrong in that it has been used to describe right wing extremists but it does originate with the idea that these people would happily hop in a tank and crush any dissent. I realize I was very vague

    In my mind, it made sense that anyone willing to use force (eg, a tank) to impose their violent ideology is a tankie.