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[–] van2z@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Wait, what do they think happened at Tienanmen Square then? And do they paint the wiki article about it as "fake news"?

[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Yes, literally. They argue it was a “mostly peaceful” student protest and a few people maybe got killed when they attacked police. They argue the scope and severity has been fabricated by the West, and that there is no evidence of a massacre.

All the usual tinfoil hat stuff you can expect from leftwing authoritarians.

[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Uhhh do they know that the famous tank man photo is just one photo of a series of very violent ones? They were basically power washing tank crushed corpses into gutters.

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