• sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    You make convincing arguments, and I’m sure you are correct to some degree. I do not believe that the dramatized events suggested by the west are accurate. But, I still think it was a disgusting waste of life that could potentially be described as a massacre.

    • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      If you want to find it more, I often recommend the documentary “the gate of heavenly Peace” which you can find on YouTube. If you want to understand a bit of it’s perspective before watching check the reception/controversy section on its Wikipedia page

    • YuccaMan [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      It wasn’t nice, to be sure. The workers’ protests which happened concurrently with the events of Tiananmen Square were reportedly the source of much of the violence, and it got properly nasty at times. The two events are often conflated though, and I felt it important to draw that distinction. Anyhow, I appreciate your open-mindedness.