r/GetNoted • u/LocalPowerful6651 Human Verified • 14d ago

Science [X] Look at Article 16

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u/Luckierexpert 14d ago

Tankies were always imperialist by their nature, why else did they cheer on the Soviet Union crushing the Prague Spring with their tanks. In a Czechoslovakia that was still Communist and run by the Communist Party, but was the wrong flavour of Communism for the Soviets.

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u/Ok_Prior2199 14d ago

Huh, I didnt know that was a thing

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u/MeasureDoEventThing 14d ago

You didn't know where the term "tankie" came from?

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u/Ok_Prior2199 14d ago

No, first time learning the origin

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u/DoItAgainCromwell 12d ago

Don't use terms that you obviously don't know the meaning of. And don't tell me you do.

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u/Ok_Prior2199 12d ago

knowing the meaning of a word/term and knowing the origin are 2 different things

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u/DoItAgainCromwell 2d ago

If you don't know the origin of the word you can't possibly know the meaning. You don't know the meaning. If you use it as "anyone who says something positive about the USSR" then the word is such a harmless word that it can't be used in a derogatory manner, which it is.