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Self Esteem

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28. Soviet/China/North Korean loving leftist (or rightist now).

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Sun Nov 24, 2024, 08:07 PM

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Trudeau calls violence in Montreal 'appalling' as NATO protest continues [View all] EllieBC Nov 2024 OP

Putin's fingerprints on this. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #1

That and tankies have always been a thing. EllieBC Nov 2024 #2

Putin has used all kinds of groups in various countries to get control. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #3

And this is an easy group to pick. EllieBC Nov 2024 #15

Also more apt to act out in violent ways with no thought of consequences. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #20

Precisely. B.See Nov 2024 #32

We are now the Not United States of America. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #33

Good to know the US isn't the only country with numbnuts. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #4

putin is a busy man Takket Nov 2024 #5

Uh what's a "tankie"? electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #6

A "Tankie"... magicarpet Nov 2024 #8

I thought it was Tickle Nov 2024 #10

Well,... it does refer to heavily armored military ground tanks. magicarpet Nov 2024 #22

A tankie is a baby tank. Jack Valentino Nov 2024 #25

People who support authoritarian communists. EllieBC Nov 2024 #9

It originated as a term used to describe those who supported or defended the use of Soviet tanks Crunchy Frog Nov 2024 #17

Soviet/China/North Korean loving leftist (or rightist now). Self Esteem Nov 2024 #28

Awful Meowmee Nov 2024 #7

*tens of thousands. WarGamer Nov 2024 #11

This was not riot against Isreal or Antisemitism Jackson jr Nov 2024 #12

Right so the pieces of shit EllieBC Nov 2024 #16

No, it's not "both sides." Fake news is a specialty of the right wing. nt SunSeeker Nov 2024 #18

Your post is fake news, bud John Shaft Nov 2024 #21

For someone mercuryblues Nov 2024 #23

Fake news with a capital F. 58Sunliner Nov 2024 #26

No, your "fake news on sides" is Not true. And, this is Cha Nov 2024 #30

Ah, TY magicarpet & EllieBC. I had No idea of it's current use... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #13

russia owns ameriKa so now their sight is set on Canada. nt yaesu Nov 2024 #14

Canada recently led a large NATO exercise in Latvia. C0RI0LANUS Nov 2024 #19

Oh, sure, there is suddenly a massively organized anti-NATO movement in Canada. DFW Nov 2024 #24

This is clearly an op Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #27

One of the morons part of it EllieBC Nov 2024 #29

"Tankies gonna tank. Higher education doesn't actually mean you have a working brain." Cha Nov 2024 #31

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