@PugJesus to Political MemesEnglish • 1 year agoNothing happened on June 5th, 1989imagemessage-square6arrow-up1130arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@paddirnlinkEnglish7•1 year agoI was about 8 years old then and I was probably more interested in Nintendo at the time. No idea what was going on outside that bubble.
minus-square@Iamdannolink13•1 year agoI was old enough to be aware of the outside world (21), but didn’t know much about China. The pictures and video of the tianenmen square massacre were a shocking revelation to how cruel the world could be.
minus-square@happilybitchycowboylink8•1 year ago They didn’t censor the nightly news back then like they do now. Parents told you to not watch or get out of the room.
I was about 8 years old then and I was probably more interested in Nintendo at the time. No idea what was going on outside that bubble.
I was old enough to be aware of the outside world (21), but didn’t know much about China. The pictures and video of the tianenmen square massacre were a shocking revelation to how cruel the world could be.