Comment by tech_hutch
Comment by tech_hutch 5 days ago
> the United States government rolling through protesters in armored vehicles
I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is this something that's happened (ever)?
Comment by tech_hutch 5 days ago
> the United States government rolling through protesters in armored vehicles
I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is this something that's happened (ever)?
Nice subtle twisting of words.
There’s an enormous difference between driving slowly through a crowd of protestors with no injuries versus running over protesters with a tank.
I didn't twist anything. If anything, I would argue YOU are twisting words of the original comment to which I responded:
>> the United States government rolling through protesters in armored vehicles
> I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is this something that's happened (ever)?
No I was referring to the original comment twisting words. They intentionally invoke the horrors of dictators running over protesters to disperse them.
Your comment showed the actual event, thanks. It showed an armored vehicle slowly pushing through protesters to gain access to something.
Not remotely comparable scenes, so I must assume intentional twisting of words. My comment was written sloppily.
It's the first three lines of the Narcissists Prayer[1]
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal...
I don't think anyone is claiming that the specific famous tank man of Tiananmen got run over by the tank. However, there is plenty of evidence that people got "mowed down by tanks" at Tiananmen Square: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-why-is-the-arm...
you intentionally omitted the most important context here - those sad deaths happened after many army APCs and Tanks were attacked & destroyed.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/1k2ungn/pla_armor...
too bad that China didn't embrace its Beijing Spring back in 1989.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbMRywfYiM8&t=105s
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1. tracking string removed per request.
2. it's a video of a WCCO news (local MSP TV station) segment which shows an armored vehicle pushing protesters out of the way.