I mean… I kinda get it, but nowadays it’s starting to get absurd.

(EDIT: This was supposed to be a “blow air out my nose and get on with my life” meme…)

    • @[email protected]
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      17 hours ago

      “The Chinese government’s account acknowledges that street fighting and armed clashes occurred in nearby neighborhoods. They say that approximately three hundred died that night including many soldiers who died from gunfire, Molotov cocktails and beatings. But they have insisted that there was no massacre.”

      Look, am I to believe that only students were the ones who fired weapons? What does this paragraph mean to you? Did any soldiers fire any weapons that night?

      • @surph_ninja
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        17 hours ago

        Maybe try reading the whole thing? Sorry, I understand folks don’t like reading anything longer than a tweet, but you gotta do that sometimes in life.

        The student protest was earlier in the day. The anti-government protestors came back with weapons later. And at the time, western journalists confirmed. But the anti-China narrative evolved over the years.

        • @[email protected]
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          16 hours ago

          So. You’re saying that every single student protestor left, then, later in the day, an entirely new group of protestors emerged, who were armed and violent? I read the entire article, twice, but I don’t believe that there were two distinct groups.

          • @surph_ninja
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            15 hours ago

            What is this “you’re saying” nonsense? I’m not saying shit.

            I’m referencing multiple sources, including multiple journalists and news agencies at the time. They are saying one thing, while anti-China spooks are saying another.

            How does your beliefs have any weight here? Multiple outlets confirmed the fact, as have leaked intelligence documents. Your opinion carries no value here, same as my own.

            • @[email protected]
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              14 hours ago

              Well, to make you feel better. I feel more educated regarding the protest and what occurred. Went from thinking the army firing blindly on protestors to aligning with Wikipedia.

      • @surph_ninja
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        17 hours ago

        Faked. It quotes western sources that confirmed this, as well. But the story changed since then.