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Comment by screye

Yep. Response to protests in the US is greeted with rubber bullets, lost eyesight, and maybe broken bones.

Response to protests in China leads to people being crushed into literal chutney, and deaths in the 10s of thousands. That was the nature of deaths in tiananmen square, the photos of which often do not get shown in western media.[1]

[1] https://www.aboluowang.com/2008/0529/89034.html (Warning: NSFL/Gore/Human remains )

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The US has a lot to work on, but comparing it to China is a false equivalency.

edit: if this comment comes off as too emotionally charged/ visual, the mods can feel free to delete it.

parent screye 5 years ago

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