• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      I’ve had this handle for many years now, including on reddit logo. It was always around as a term but you really had to be politics brained to understand it.

      Recently it became shorthand for “person on the left I don’t like”.

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Well, /r/shittankiessay has existed since at least 2016, maybe earlier? I feel like the rise of the word “tankie” in mainstream political discourse really started around that point, and is reaching its peak of popularity in this decade.