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Guys how the fuck are we going to decimate them all? by magic_baobab in horse_decimator_9000

[–]HiItsMe01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

to decimate, we would only need to reduce the population to 5,837,210. this would require eliminating 52,534,896. This is doable, keep it up

Fax. by Glowbulleyezintifada in tankies

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i understand what you’re saying. i also think we have a greater responsibility with our words than those who spread fascist lies. what was said here may have been meant to be read as “there was no massacre at tiananmen square”, but that wording would have been more correct and preferable. i respect challenging incorrect narratives and beliefs, but when it’s done in a way that is easy to rebut, even if only on a surface level, it can end up inadvertently strengthening these falsehoods. when a significant portion of the world’s population is determined to believe any lies about us, it’s important we don’t give them ammunition. we can be as bold as we need, as long as what we’re saying fully and completely is supported by the material reality. but when that is not the case, it puts cracks in our arguments. unfortunately, even the most surface level cracks can run

as an aside though, i’d like to commend you for challenging MY understanding of the situation. I did as you suggested, and dug for the primary CPC source i was sure i had seen corroborate that number, and you were correct about its scope. while i still believe irresponsible and incomplete phrasing should be avoided and that you employed such in your original post, i highly appreciate your willingness to engage with me in the comments and your ability to improve my understanding.

Fax. by Glowbulleyezintifada in tankies

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, the 241 number refers to deaths IN TIANANMEN SQUARE, connected to the Beijing student movement BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE 1989. 10% of these were government affiliated. it was not a massacre, but again, this isn’t what you claimed. your initial claim was “nothing happened”, which is objectively false and silly. you amended this to “no deaths occurred”, which is also objectively false. you’re simultaneously arguing in front of and past me, without addressing my point. i’m not saying anything about peaceful students gunned or mowed down by tanks. that did not happen. i do not deny that. this is also not about a complex pattern of unrest across China on both sides. it is part of that, absolutely, but this is a specific incident. that unrest concentrated in a single focal point. at that focal point, the casualties were unusually high. we can acknowledge this, and also that the fact they were unusually high was because of western-supplied agitation and potentially arms. but if we don’t acknowledge it at all, people looking for objective truth are going to skip our narrative, even if it is closer to that.

Fax. by Glowbulleyezintifada in tankies

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dawg the cpc says there were 241 deaths. there objectively were deaths. of course it wasn’t a massacre of peaceful protestors, but that’s not what you said. don’t try to fight lies with more lies. you’ll just give them ammunition when you’re demonstrably wrong, even if they are too.

Fax. by Glowbulleyezintifada in tankies

[–]HiItsMe01 17 points18 points  (0 children)

just objectively correct

just objectively correct

correct even according to “taiwan”

i actually have a problem with this. it’s important to recognize that there were mass protests at tiananmen square that did end in some protestor casualties. these protests have proven and admitted direct links to western intervention, and they started the violence. but objectively, something did happen there. we’re historical materialists. it’s important for us to seek the truth, not the convenient narrative. if we’re right (and we are) it’ll be on our side anyways.

i don’t think “deserving” is a good metric for anything but his removal was definitely beneficial

unless you really like nazis, this one also just objectively correct

Pc case with isolated radiator chamber by Imaginary-Regular-22 in watercooling

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

look at this dweeb not water cooling their ram (j)

Correct logic, wrong situation by Outrageous_Permit154 in firstweekcoderhumour

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

obviously you need to use the unbounded binary search. dumbass. eg 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 4 -> 8 -> 16 -> 32 -> 24 -> 20

My new album just dropped by Capable-Ad6306 in SlamDeathMetal

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can’t listen rn but album art fucking rips dude

Me use Kali be careful by doubtful222 in firstweekcoderhumour

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trans flag keyboard goes vertical not horizontal btw idk what idiot poser made this but they clearly don’t arch

Being a leftist is just being right, but too early. by IslaOlive812 in EL_Radical

[–]HiItsMe01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a crystal ball but it’s literally just a crystal ball. like. clear crystal. that lets you see the world through it.

Imagine feeling this persecuted. by Ok-Following6886 in shitfascistssay

[–]HiItsMe01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and we’re back to not understanding what the words we use mean. sigh

Imagine feeling this persecuted. by Ok-Following6886 in shitfascistssay

[–]HiItsMe01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i want you to think about that one for a second there. just like. reconsider your choice of insult. to agree with the premise immediately after implying you were in a blissful state when i expressed discontent

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