Oh! All this time and I hadn’t clocked that tankie was referencing the Tiananmen Square massacre. That makes a lot of sense.
I thought it was something related to think-tanks or something, some kind of weird way of saying “brainiac” or having “big-brained ideas” in a derogatory manner.
Oh! All this time and I hadn’t clocked that tankie was referencing the Tiananmen Square massacre. That makes a lot of sense.
I thought it was something related to think-tanks or something, some kind of weird way of saying “brainiac” or having “big-brained ideas” in a derogatory manner.
It’s not. It’s referencing the Hungarian Revolt of '56.
Hahaha.
Well, in my heart of hearts, this is who it’s really talking about.
See, now I’m even more confused!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie