It wasn’t nice, to be sure. The workers’ protests which happened concurrently with the events of Tiananmen Square were reportedly the source of much of the violence, and it got properly nasty at times. The two events are often conflated though, and I felt it important to draw that distinction. Anyhow, I appreciate your open-mindedness.
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion and I’ll be reading more. I wanted to say I appreciate your detailed reply to my link of violent pictures that was taken down earlier. I was genuinely curious how others viewed that evidence. I can still read your comment in my inbox and will investigate further.
Reactions like yours are why I still bother. All I ever want is for people to look at popular historical and political narratives critically. I apologize if I came off as hostile at all, we get a lot of calumny coming our way, as you might imagine.
It wasn’t nice, to be sure. The workers’ protests which happened concurrently with the events of Tiananmen Square were reportedly the source of much of the violence, and it got properly nasty at times. The two events are often conflated though, and I felt it important to draw that distinction. Anyhow, I appreciate your open-mindedness.
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion and I’ll be reading more. I wanted to say I appreciate your detailed reply to my link of violent pictures that was taken down earlier. I was genuinely curious how others viewed that evidence. I can still read your comment in my inbox and will investigate further.
Reactions like yours are why I still bother. All I ever want is for people to look at popular historical and political narratives critically. I apologize if I came off as hostile at all, we get a lot of calumny coming our way, as you might imagine.