Just learned about this word and I’m mildly annoyed it’s only one letter away from being an anagram of tankie.

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
    31·
    10 months ago

    I’d like to further expand on this, I advocate for the use of Britnik whenever dealing with British nationalists trolls online.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      10 months ago

      I already saw refusenik in israeli context. So, I guess, this word can adapt to any situation. Just like russian apparatchik (a part of a government appartus) I was surprised to see in the old-ass Hunt for the Red October by Tom Clancy.

    • spacedout@lemmy.ml
      4·
      10 months ago

      Doesn’t the lack a pejorative for someone who follows western propaganda somewhat speak to the propagandistic aspect of this term as well as the whole “tankie” fad?

      • BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        10 months ago

        Wouldn’t those be Lib, Fed, and pig with all its derivitives?

        What do you call non-western propaganda anyway? Eastern propaganda just doesn’t sound right even though it would be the most logical.

        • spacedout@lemmy.ml
          2·
          10 months ago

          Yeah, guess you’re right, but aren’t the latter two just variations of calling someone a cop?

          It’s pretty common to see terms like “Russian propaganda” and “Chinese propaganda”, while “American/EU propaganda” is seldom spoken about, at least in Western countries.