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it’s only 300 people so it’s not a massacre argument

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

Combined with the above photos, this seems closer to the truth than the official 300 Chinese story.

The photo of students filling the square is from days before the massacre, the square had been evacuated peacefully, as evidenced by the Tank Man video showing the tanks leaving the empty square, with no piles of burning bodies and “tank pie” as the UK alleges.

300 people getting killed by cops due to the government’s failure to compromise and meet their demands is a tragedy, you don’t need to make up shit about tanks murdering 10x more people and then liquefying their corpses.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If mods removed the above comment then I disagree with this censorship.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

the fact that the protesters felt they needed to resort to violence to achieve their aims is a part of that.

The million protesters were peaceful. The local Beijing army regiment were largely sympathetic to the protesters and were not aggressive.

many of the soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army did not follow the orders to enforce martial law that night. Some soldiers were emotionally conflicted and were hesitant to turn their weapons on the students. They believed that the PLA belonged to the people and that they were supposed to fight for them and not against them

You don’t need to make up shit

I’m quoting from Wikipedia and British diplomatic cables. It’s you who is trying to whitewash history.

the fact that the ~~protesters~~ Government felt they needed to resort to violence to achieve their aims is a part of that.

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- alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The British government’s public releases about China are not credible, even less so when they conflict with evidence.
  
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  - Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The Chinese story conflicts with the photo evidence and witness testimonials
    
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