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I had no idea this would ignite a shitstorm. I have so many responses now and less idea of what a tankie is now than when I asked.
I am in the same boat. Been on here for about 2 years and I hear the words...but i dunno what it means? Thought it was just me.
I'm so happy I'm not as stupid as I thought because I have no idea either and now I still don't know
It's a loaded term by design. It started as a pejorative and morphed into a strawman pejorative, you can see many people throughout this thread describing people that don't exist.