• plyth@feddit.org
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      13 hours ago

      It’s the opposite. The negativity of the picture comes from wild associations.

      Tanks breaking for a civilian and soldiers not reacting with violence is in itself good.

      Tankman was a huge propaganda win for the west. However upholding it in times of wikipedia is silly if the tanks were leaving. The man is not trying to prevent students from being crushed. What’s the message now?

      To clarify, I don’t think that killing the protesters on the square was acceptable.

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        To clarify, I don’t think that killing the protesters on the square was acceptable.

        Then why are you committing so hard to this silly conspiracy? The point of the conspiracy is definitely to make China look better. It’s one of the weakest conspiracies I’ve ever seen. Why push it?

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          The spreading of the picture makes China look better. I originally thought the man was trying to protect students, showing heartless soldiers. But he is talking to leaving soldiers.

          If the picture is Chinese propaganda and staged, it stresses that the cruelty on the square was so big that this distraction was necessary.

          If it is authentic then what do we see? Soldiers who respect the life of a protester.

          Edit: Read NeilBrü@lemmy.world’s comment above.

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        You don’t condone the murder but you condone the cover up of the murder?

        Edit: dumb

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          12 hours ago

          To clarify, I don’t think that killing the protesters on the square was acceptable.

          I don’t condone the murder.

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              11 hours ago

              The journalist argues that the picture is a cover up. I don’t condone it, I point it out.

              Read NeilBrü@lemmy.world’s comment!