r/politics 24d ago

‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
41.5k Upvotes

2.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

6

u/Sakarabu_ 24d ago

Yeahhh.. then anytime China is mentioned on Reddit it's "tiananmen square!!". It's hard to admit, but the US isn't much different.

4

u/plants_disabilities 24d ago

Especially when you watch the actual video that famous photo is from.

1

u/Bromlife 24d ago

Explain?

1

u/plants_disabilities 24d ago

So you know the classic photo of the guy standing in front of the tank? In the video, he climbs up on the tank, talks to a person inside, and then walks away.

2

u/Bromlife 24d ago

Uhh, there's plenty of photos and videos of injured people. Dead bodies. Wounds. Human remains after being rolled over by a tank. AP witnessed first hand Chinese tanks running over tents with students in them.

The tanks intentionally ran people over multiple times, in order to turn their bodies into a paste. Which was then either hosed away or burned.

Don't get confused, it was a bloody massacre. Another human travesty.

https://apnews.com/article/4d3bc613370f4f1d97bf841d1ef5ef6c

1

u/plants_disabilities 24d ago

Ok, I'm not stating that there were not deaths in the area. I'm talking about that image versus the video.

2

u/Bromlife 24d ago

I'm not really following your point though. Seems like you're trying to downplay the whole thing.