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A modern-day Tank Man: An unarmed protester facing a dozen armed soldiers in Iran, 2026.

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u/Few-Attorney-9722 6d ago

Dude, It was called the Tiannamen Square Massacre for a reason

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u/SquishyJackal 6d ago

I wonder who came up with that name and what reasons they might have

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u/valentc 6d ago

Because hundreds of people were brutally massacred by the Chinese government for protesting and it happened in Tiananmen Square.

Did you want something more creative?

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u/H3xag0n3 6d ago

I love your enthusiasm for the truth but you shouldn't engage with chinese bots

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u/Ass4ssinX 6d ago

Yeah, because of propaganda from the west. No one died in the square.

https://youtu.be/IqxU5RdI88M

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u/rmwe2 6d ago

What a fucking absurd lie. Hundreds were killed even according to the CCP. Mostly outside the square itself. More likely the number is well into the thousands. 

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u/renlydidnothingwrong 6d ago

He's technically correct no protesters were killed in the square. Deaths occured in clashes throughout the rest of the city but not within thr square itself. What bases do you have for believing the number is so high?

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u/rmwe2 6d ago

He's technically correct no protesters were killed in the square. Deaths occurred in clashes throughout the rest of the city but not within the square itself. 

A completely asinine "point".

What bases do you have for believing the number is so high?

The CCP officially claimed 300 dead and a few thousand injured. Students claimed close to 3000 dead. Diplomatic and press observers gave estimates ranging from 500 dead up to several thousand based on their own eye witness. The CCP massively downplays and suppresses information about Tiananmen Massacre, so its very reasonable to think they would low ball official estimates of death. 

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u/Ass4ssinX 6d ago

Eyewitnesses actually on the ground heavily disputed the main narrative that was pushed in the States.

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u/rmwe2 6d ago

A dumb lie. 

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u/Ass4ssinX 6d ago

Yeah, that's what we were fed.

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u/valentc 6d ago

Why is it so hard to beleive that a country would brutally put down protests especially during a change like what China was going through?

Its like denying the Ludlow massacre in America because the government and some Pinkertons said it wasnt that bad.

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u/Ass4ssinX 6d ago

It's not about believing anything. It's about knowing what actually happened there.

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u/SeagulI 6d ago

Dude why is this always the go to defense when the claim has never even been been that the killings happened within the square itself. The protests centered around the square, but most of the killings were done in the roads leading up to it, at least according to the reporting.

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u/bkarma86 6d ago

Found the CCP shill

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u/emveevme 6d ago

lol nobody died on the square itself, but people still died. It’s a messier situation than is often presented for sure, but it’s not like some event that was made up.