Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/5651275
Original link: https://www.newsweek.com/china-changing-tibet-english-name-1843391
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Wow, it’s absolutely hilarious that you’re trying to reclaim that term. Good luck! xD
Tankie refers to those people who supported the Soviet use of tanks to quell the Hungarian revolution. Literally, it’s the exact same thing Israel is doing in Gaza.
Not quite what it refers to now, but I’m sure you’ll inform us that you know better.
This is why people don’t cite Wikipedia.
Yes, that is the origin of the term, but it is not what it means now. Is that too complex for you?
Let me be a bit more clear:
Edit: maybe I wasn’t clear enough
Ah, I see your confusion.
This ^ is the incorrect part of your statement. That is not what it means now.
edit: Also
Emphasis added. If you meant “referred” in the past tense, that was a typo on your part. Otherwise, you are just trying to reclaim the term to an earlier meaning.