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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·5 days agoIf this turns into an American Tiananmen Square, you’re going to end up knocking a star off that flag.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoIt depends on whether we’re allowed to talk about it in 5 years.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoThe rest of the world is watching and we will be talking about it even if the “land of the free” isn’t allowed to.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAbsolutely you are, We will too. The key difference between tiananmen square and what’s going on right now will be whether US citizens are prohibited from talking about it in 5 years. If you are citizens aren’t prohibited then it wasn’t a tiananmen square. Right now, 50/50 maybe 60/40
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoOn July 4, 2025, where nothing happened in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C.
minus-squareGorilladrums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down6·5 days agoMost of the people on this site that cheer this on also happen to be the ones who think that the Tiananmen Square massacre didn’t happen, and if it did then it was a good thing.
If this turns into an American Tiananmen Square, you’re going to end up knocking a star off that flag.
It depends on whether we’re allowed to talk about it in 5 years.
The rest of the world is watching and we will be talking about it even if the “land of the free” isn’t allowed to.
Absolutely you are, We will too.
The key difference between tiananmen square and what’s going on right now will be whether US citizens are prohibited from talking about it in 5 years.
If you are citizens aren’t prohibited then it wasn’t a tiananmen square.
Right now, 50/50 maybe 60/40
On July 4, 2025, where nothing happened in Lafayette Square, Washington D.C.
Most of the people on this site that cheer this on also happen to be the ones who think that the Tiananmen Square massacre didn’t happen, and if it did then it was a good thing.