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In a video on Oct. 13, Instagram influencer and photojournalist Motaz Azaiza shared footage of the rubble of an apartment, the site of an Israeli bombardment that killed 15 of his family members.

He turns the camera on himself first, visibly upset, and then shows the scene—the ruin of the building, a bloodstain, a neighbor carrying a child’s body draped with a shroud.

In response, Meta restricted access to his account.

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[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are barely any facts in your word soup.

I mentioned, for example, the location of the massacres: The side streets. And the people massacred weren't students. I said that the protest was dissolved by threat of violence, not violence. I didn't really get into the struggle inside the party of how to deal with the protest but I did mention the outcome.

Are those things correct, yes or no? Is it some "soylent koolaid BS I have been fed"? It may not please your tankie sensibilities but it's definitely not the "Army rolled over students" line that became a urban myth in the west. This here sums up the press failure quite well, but it would also be mistaken to call it a deliberate propaganda move -- those things just happen. It's carelessness, and China being the authoritarian state it is and constantly denying anything even remotely untowards happened that day in Peking isn't exactly helping correcting the record.

Are you saying that you have full knowledge of Tiananmen incident, while having practically none?

Fuck no I'm not a historian. But, again: You actually have to tell me what I supposedly got wrong before I could remedy that issue. Are you here to talk to me and possibly educate, or to shout?

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

I'm trying to figure out what difference it even makes who was killed and where. It's not like the Tank Man footage was faked. And everyone clearly accepts that the Chinese government massacred its own people to stop an uprising.

Man, I am reminded of how much I hate humanity. Governments like theirs is the default everywhere.

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