The full video from the famous "Tank Man" photo

Just a reminder: yesterday (June 4 2024) marked the 35 year anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Some relevant links:

Associated Press: Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press: In Pictures: Hong Kong’s US, EU consulates mark Tiananmen crackdown anniversary with candles
Al Jazeera: Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’

Here is an album of photos from the protest in 1989, along with explanations of the historical context:

https://archive.ph/7Tdzh

Warning: blood, gore, visible injuries, death

The ending photos of the candlelight vigil in Hong Kong are chilling. Never forget that we failed to learn our lesson and allowed democracy to die there
Holy shit!
Grisly images, had no idea it was that bad.

Was anyone else told/under the assumption this guy got run over? Wild.

I remember the video from the next day and a lot of people were run over. All of the acts of that part of history get conflated in memory. That's why it's good to have video and good to have professional historians.
- Link? I've never seen this.

I always assumed that tank man got ran over since I've only seen images.

That's a common tool of propaganda. If you lie outright, you can get caught, and the audience may not believe you in the first place. The real trick is to leave gaps for the audience to fill in with their imagination, and if you're doing it skillfully, they'll end up not only believing what you want them to, but also thinking it was their idea all along. I've even seen the video cut to show the tank moving in the man's direction, and then cut away before it stops, creating the impression that the full video would show him getting run over and is not included because it would be too graphic - for example, 3:14 in this bizarre psyop recruitment ad.
- I don’t think I’ve heard anyone imply that he’s important because he’s a martyr, it’s the fact he believes in his cause strongly enough and he was brave enough to stare down inevitable death and force the other guy to blink that’s so memorable about that image (at least for me and those I’ve spoken to about it)
  The psyops propaganda you posted is definitely cringe af but it seems to clearly show the tank turning in the clip, calling it a clear example of misleading people into thinking he was killed is a pretty big stretch imo

Would have preferred no music. I don’t need cues to tell me when I should feel suspense.

Brave dude. No one knows if he was apprehended except for the intelligence or military services in China.

What a brave dude and a terrible thing. At least all 42 000 Chinese students were granted full asylum in a unilateral decision by Bob Hawke, our PM at the time.

Such restraint. He could have annihilated that entire column of tanks with just one swing of his TREMENDOUS BALLS.

The cojones on this dude.

Have u been banned from all .ml communities yet?

Dessalines himself posted this video
Why would I be banned for showing a video of a guy standing in front of some tanks, climbing on them and annoying them, then going away unharmed?
- Yeah before I saw the full video I just assumed they ran him the fuck over.

It says Log in to watch :k

Interesting, maybe that's a region thing I don't get that.
Here it is on YouTube though
https://youtu.be/qq8zFLIftGk

At least the CCP is open to criticism and debate about their actions back then.

If you go to Tiananmen today, you will see and hear a lot of discussion of this troubling time in China's recent history. Sure, sometimes the debate about one party authoritarian rule vs the colonial nature of Western-style democracy can get heated, but there are police around in clearly marked uniforms to make sure it doesn't get out of hand. Never again!

This, folks, is CCP propaganda.
Edit: I got whooshed, lemmy.ml has me on high alert
- it's obviously humor
At least the CCP is open to criticism and debate about their actions back then.
this is hilarious
- I thought the reference to clearly marked police was the icing on the cake, but people may not have read that far.
  I don't think anyone who has been to Tiananmen Square can do anything but laugh at my comment.
Check your carbon monoxide detector
At least the CCP is open to criticism and debate about their actions back then. If you go to Tiananmen today, you will see and hear a lot of discussion of this troubling time in China’s recent history.
Yes, that's one of the CCP's best qualities, to be sure. It's so rare to see a government actively encourage their citizens to discuss such major events,
So many people down voting you can't spot the obvious sarcasm. Well done haha