1 Communists who are anti-american imperialism to the extent that they defend cartoonishly bad people/countries as long as they claim to be socialist and challenged the interests of the U.S. or some other western nation. They can be found defending Joseph Stalin, Bashar al-Assad, and North Korea.
It began as an insult to members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), who supported the Soviet Union's response to the Hungarian Revolution (1956) and the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia (1968)
2 People who fetishize the aesthetics of 20th century socialist states and treat communism like a social group rather than a political ideology; not everyone who calls themself communist on Twitter is a tankie.
It began as an insult to members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), who supported the Soviet Union's response to the Hungarian Revolution (1956) and the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia (1968)
2 People who fetishize the aesthetics of 20th century socialist states and treat communism like a social group rather than a political ideology; not everyone who calls themself communist on Twitter is a tankie.
Tankie: "I try not to argue with people Lenin would have shot."
T: "Come back after you've read theory, radlib."
T: "Happy birthday, Stalin! 🎉🎊"
T: "Come back after you've read theory, radlib."
T: "Happy birthday, Stalin! 🎉🎊"
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1) Intoxicated, nearly always pertaining to alcohol.
2) When a film does poorly at the box office.
Person A: "Did you see the Hulk?"
Person B: "No. I heard it tanked, actually."
1) Intoxicated, nearly always pertaining to alcohol.
2) When a film does poorly at the box office.
Person A: "Did you see the Hulk?"
Person B: "No. I heard it tanked, actually."
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New York Minute
Glitter
Crossroads
Dungeons and Dragons
From Justin to Kelly
The Alamo
The Real Cancun
Troy
Spy Kids 1, 2 and 3
Gigli
Scooby Doo 1 and 2
etc etc etc
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