Tiananmen Square: Protests and Massacre (1989) (en.wikipedia.org) 39 points by O__________O 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] [dead] nells 3y ago ↗ [–] egberts1 3y ago ↗ 1989, and it certainly isn't fiction.We just didn't have Twitter back then.But scores of FTP/NNTP servers rushed out the photos, of which many have seen. [–] phantomathkg 3y ago ↗ What makes you think it is fiction? [–] shrimp_emoji 3y ago ↗ Social credit++
[–] egberts1 3y ago ↗ 1989, and it certainly isn't fiction.We just didn't have Twitter back then.But scores of FTP/NNTP servers rushed out the photos, of which many have seen.
[–] Lio 3y ago ↗ Tank Man[1] is still one of the most powerful photographs ever taken IMHO.The futility of staring down a line of T-59 tanks with nothing more than a couple of plastic bags is just so universally human.That gesture is never going to be forgotten and never going to be erased.1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 12.0 ms ] threadWe just didn't have Twitter back then.
But scores of FTP/NNTP servers rushed out the photos, of which many have seen.
The futility of staring down a line of T-59 tanks with nothing more than a couple of plastic bags is just so universally human.
That gesture is never going to be forgotten and never going to be erased.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man