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[–]HighQualitySoup 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

The correct term is "Tankie" also r/shittankiessay

[–]noir_et_Orr 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tankie is a little more inclusive. And is usually specific to socialists.

[–]BrotherToasterDefending the Fatherland in the Motherland 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

Well, I'm not whitewashing any of Stalin's crimes or Red Army war crimes, and I think communism fucking sucks, but I'm a pretty big Red Armyboo.

tfw you'll never ride victoriously into Berlin on top of a T-34

[–]commissar_lubiis amused reading stormfront 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

gets panzerfausted by child soldiers RIP

[–]BrotherToasterDefending the Fatherland in the Motherland [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

In Soviet Russia, children kill you!

[–]Lockjaw7130thinks Dresden looks better now 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yeah, they exist on all sides. Extremely active in former Soviet states (hell, in East Germany there's still the "Ostalgie" movement, glorifying life under Soviet rule). Some people just don't learn from history.

They all seem to have the same battlecry: "well it wasn't all bad!"

[–]TheD3rpYou know what's thicker than KRUPPSTAHL? Wehraboo skulls. 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

in East Germany there's still the "Ostalgie" movement, glorifying life under Soviet rule

Except most of the stuff from Ostalgie comes from the post-Stalin USSR, which was actually not that bad of a place to live as some make it out to be.

[–]commissar_lubiis amused reading stormfront 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

A lot of it had to do with selective memory and obviously nostalgia.

The transition period in the 90s for many (Central-)East European countries was rather harsh (so-called shock therapy in Poland) with many social services suffering from critical fund cuts. Many had to experience the societal shock of transitioning towards a market economy that invariably created great wealth disparities . As such many still glorify the communist period if not just for the generous (if not piss poor quality) social services and the minimum life standard and equality ensured under socialism (disregarding clear inequalities for head party members that lived in luxury).

Of course this selective interpretation completely disregards the negative aspects under socialism such as an incredibly oppressive regime and police-state as well as the lack of democratic rights and civil liberties

[–]TitusBluthEisenhower Death Camp denier [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

"Tankie" was originally a Brit Socialist slur for Khrushchev-era Soviet apologists, supposedly derived from "sending in the tanks" to crush the Hungarian revolt. Since then it has been expanded to include fans of the WW2 Red Army, Stalin apologists, Socialists in general, etc. Compare how "Weeaboo" has gone from "obviously maladjusted Western dude who (badly) appropriates Japanese otaku culture" to "anyone who vaguely likes anything Japanese."

Other widely recognized equivalents:

Leeaboo: For the Confederacy

Teaboo: The British Empire

Prussiaboo/Kaiserboo: Imperial Germany

And so on. The construction ($countryname)boo or ($nationalstereotype)boo doesn't really go with the original "weeaboo" but here we are.

Fans of Imperial-era Japanese forces don't seem to have a specific moniker although I like "Zeroboo." America-boos are usually just called "Americans." >_>