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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
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The second image is a bit on the nose IMO. The comparison was clear enough from the original. And yeah maybe some people need it pointed out to them, but I suspect those people are also the ones who will reject the idea regardless.
There are probably some out there, especially younger people or those who have only recently started educating themselves, who simply haven't seen the second image before.
Maybe, but I'd say if they don't know Tank Man, seeing it in this context without further explanation is still unhelpful. Because they're likely to think it's a photo taken in America today.
I'm just thinking about the Venn diagram of people who know who George Takei is, are of the right kind of mind that they would actually see the link between the two images, but have not seen the second image.
Probably not a huge overlap but then again adding it for even just a few doesn't do any harm.
He shares it, people who follow him share it with people they know, which may include some fringe magas, and maybe even some full-blown magats.
not to mention the amount of people who dont know its a still of a video with tiananmen square in the background.
i didn't even see the guy in the first picture until i looked at the second and realized what i should be looking for
Huh, fair enough.