u/Thembaneu - originally from r/GenZhou
No. It is called the June 4 Incident. It’s actually quite well known. Nobody knows the term “Tiananmen Square Massacre” because there was no massacre, let alone on the square.
u/balgruufgat - originally from r/GenZhou
There WERE deaths - about 250-400 iirc, at least half of which were PLA soldiers - but none in the square itself. Feel like it’s important to include that info.
A massacre refers to the killing of multiple individuals and is usually considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when perpetrated by a group of political actors against defenseless victims. The word is a loan of a French term for “butchery” or “carnage”.
While there certainly were lots of people killed and things went out of control, it’s not the government that escalated violence and it’s not like the protesters weren’t given more than enough and fair chance to leave. It’s also not as if their opinions weren’t sufficiently heard or their demands sufficiently considered.
They were just the hardcore, radicalized, and increasingly frustrated/violent remains of a large protest who lost public support and eventaully needed to leave because they were disturbing public order, trying to invade government buildings and attack (and kill) police officers.
u/Thembaneu - originally from r/GenZhouNo. It is called the June 4 Incident. It’s actually quite well known. Nobody knows the term “Tiananmen Square Massacre” because there was no massacre, let alone on the square.
u/balgruufgat - originally from r/GenZhouThere WERE deaths - about 250-400 iirc, at least half of which were PLA soldiers - but none in the square itself. Feel like it’s important to include that info.
u/MaoZeDeng - originally from r/GenZhouWhile there certainly were lots of people killed and things went out of control, it’s not the government that escalated violence and it’s not like the protesters weren’t given more than enough and fair chance to leave. It’s also not as if their opinions weren’t sufficiently heard or their demands sufficiently considered.
They were just the hardcore, radicalized, and increasingly frustrated/violent remains of a large protest who lost public support and eventaully needed to leave because they were disturbing public order, trying to invade government buildings and attack (and kill) police officers.
u/Queerdee23 - originally from r/GenZhouTRYING ?? Fuckers got impaled and burnt upon buses JFC
u/Thembaneu - originally from r/GenZhouTrue, thank you.