When and why did people arguing political philosophy on the left start referring to Stalinists as "tankies"?

Anonymous2018-11-17T07:56:11Z

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Tankies are the crews of tanks.

Have a look at Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

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humpty2018-11-17T05:22:54Z

I have never heard that expression, and I argue history with a lot of leftists.

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Alberich2018-11-17T04:18:42Z

Because tanks are their preferred method of discourse

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