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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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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