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Student protesters dancing at Tiananmen Square before the massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] JC1@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

🤣 Exactly what I was asking myself. If their justification is "this group wasn't massacred, this group was instead", how the fuck is that better? I never understand how people can be so willing in justifying authoritarian regimes and massacres...