• frozenspinach@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    Not only were they leaving the square, they were never again deployed at any point throughout the month of June 1989, and a package of democratic reforms was quickly passed and the protesters all were free to go about their daily lives. That guy was just silly and confused, there was nothing to be concerned about and definitely no reason to think tanks which had just fired on civilians would be doing anything else bad such as being redeployed and continuing to enforce martial law.

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      17 days ago

      Can you please explain

      A) Why there was no blood on or around the tanks as they left the square, when the popular story is that they were running people over, and

      B) Why the tank crews, who had supposedly been killing people right up until that moment, all just simultaneously decided not to kill one more who was in their way?

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      and definitely no reason to think tanks which had just fired on civilians

      There is literally zero evidence, and there is contrary evidence from several Western journalists who were on the scene that day. You’ve been duped; virtually all of us were.

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      16 days ago

      Your sarcasm edit doesn’t make you sound more clever, just more vague.

      and the protesters all were free to go about their daily lives.

      The Tiananmen Square Massacre Never Happened (Reupload pt1) (Reupload pt2) (Reupload pt3)

      The students keep asking, ”What should we do next? What can we accomplish?” I feel so sad, because how can I tell them that what we are actually hoping for is bloodshed, for the moment when the government has no choice but to brazenly butcher the people. Only when the square is awash with blood will the people of China open their eyes. Only then will they really be united. But how can I explain any of this to my fellow students? And what is truly sad is that some students and some well-connected people are working hard to help the government to prevent it from taking such measures.

      — CIA asset Chai Ling, one of the terrorists evacuated in Operation Yellowbird by the CIA, MI6, and Chinese triad goons

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      tanks which had just fired on civilians

      It must be so easy being an anti communist, you can just make up whatever baseless bullshit you like and expect people to believe you