THE MYTH OF THE “Tiananmen Square massacre” is arguably the most successful disinformation campaign of modern times, according to western and eastern sources—so much so that proud psychological warfare specialists recently used it to ADVERTISE their news manipulation skills. We’ll get to that below. As everyone knows by now, there have always been two dramatically
    • mark_zuckerberg [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I disagree that it's a minor difference. That the violence happened in cramped city streets rather than in a large, open space makes it much more believable that the violence was sporadic and small-scale, and that it was not deliberately ordered by the Chinese government, since the protest would be a lot more difficult to control outside the square.

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I'd say the difference between claims of thousands of peopling being mowed down, pulped, and washed into the sewer and claims of street clashes between soldiers and students is a lot more than a petty gotcha.