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I’m finding it harder and harder to believe that someone can be this stupid unintentionally.
“Tiny Man Square” LMAO…. The coward won’t even say it.
Mods will be looking for excuses
That's how you, a bad moderator, operate.
That isn't how the majority of actually competent moderators do shit.
I'm pretty sure that video I watched a while back with all the bodies was a good indicator of what happened in tankie heaven.
Let's be clear: giving Tiananmen Square a juvenile nickname is a propaganda strategy to make people who disagree with him feel equally stupid and juvenile. Davel's entire spiel is, top to bottom, hypocrisy, as he'll happily weaponize whatever propaganda techniques he can use while mocking others for falling for it, completely oblivious that his body is 72% Kool-Aid at this point.
The irony of his rant about uncomfortable truths will likely be forever lost on him.
Dudes a massive coward that can’t stand up to scrutiny in the slightest. He just spews his copypasta propaganda and then he bails. Only after reaching out to mods/admins to get people’s shit removed/banned.
"Brainwashing"
That's really the only reaction i can give to his whole rant.
Dude is fucked in the head.
IIRC the western view is inaccurate, in that we typically figure "authorities mercilessly crushed dissent" and the reality is more like "local authorities were swayed by the dissent and nearly turned against the government, so the government sent the goddamn army to crush those authorities too."
But the one-party state declares itself the only representation of the people's will, so obviously any popular defiance is a contradiction.
Yup. To make an American parallel, imagine if cops suddenly joined in on left wing anti-Trump protests… And then in response, Trump rolled tanks in and crushed both protesters and cops.
The message behind Tiananmen Square wasn’t for the protestors, because they already knew what was at stake. The message was for the authorities who may have been considering doing similar things. Stay in line and support the administration; the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
more like “local authorities were swayed by the dissent and nearly turned against the government, so the government sent the goddamn army to crush those authorities too.”
In other words "authorities mercilessly crushed dissent"?
Why is it always the brainwashed that can't stop whining about brainwashing and how THEY sound the cure?
Watching all of you argue ad nasuem about what state is the goodest boi is infuriating. On a macro level its just tribalism again.
Good share bud! Thanks!!
I see you are employing the UniversalMonk strategy instead of engaging. It'd be nice to talk about why people feel the need to defend ravenous states but okay.
It’s not employing anything let alone implying anything that douchebag says or does-
But when someone pops in with their two cents being- “you’re both being dumb”- it’s a safe bet that you won’t be met with an invitation to discuss your profundity more deeply.
I mean you gotta realize at one point it is just tribalism, right? How many China Bad, US bad arguments can we have before we get some nuance?
Do you know where we are right now? Maybe check the comm you’ve come to flash that pearly white armor in and readdress the issue accordingly.
I know. Sometimes I just comment what I am thinking.
Rooting for and defending dictators also are an endorphin hit.
Source: Talked to ex-tankies, know some current dictator fans (usually right-leaning).
Have they tried rooting for their local sports team who hasn't won a game in years? Its basically the same thing.
They often did in addition to the others.