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Student protesters dancing at Tiananmen Square before the massacre, Beijing, China, 1989 (lemmy.world)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

The protests lasted over a month; the massacre ended them in a flood of state-sponsored murder.

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[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just make a new post then. It wasn't even an equivalent comparison. They could have used an image of the Bonus Army or an artist's impression of the Whiskey Rebellion.

[โ€“] Karjalan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I'm not justifying it, just explaining a possible reason. I don't really care either way