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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago (4 children)

https://streamable.com/unjnw9

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

the murican cops are all fucking disgusting violent fascist pigs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Always was like that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Wasnt expecting to see the news dude at the end of . . Wow that was depressing.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Tank Man survived, but not everyone was as lucky...

Official government announcements shortly after the event put the number who died at around 300

On 19 June, Beijing Party Secretary Li Ximing reported to the Politburo that the government's confirmed death toll was 241, including 218 civilians (of which 36 were students), 10 PLA soldiers, and 13 People's Armed Police, along with 7,000 wounded.[233][234] On 30 June, Mayor Chen Xitong said that the number of injured was around 6,000.

(Other estimates are much higher but still. And I don't think this happened in the actual square, but rather in other places in Beijing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre#Death_toll

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nobody denies that hundreds died all over Beijing that day, what's called into question is using the "Tank Man" image out of context and telling everyone that he was run over. It's a mythologizing of another country's tragedy for the purpose of twisting events in the favor of Western interests.

Think about it another way: why is it that the US, BBC, etc readily and repeatedly report on a mythologized version of the events when they know that the truth is closer to what you say?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Good point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I was just bringing context to the Tank Man/USA cops comparison. I didn't think anyone was here defending things or spreading false info.