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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 48 points 2 years ago (25 children)

Guess I must be the Tiananmen Guy, because I seem to bring all the Tankies to the yard.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (24 children)

Bringing up Tiananmen when there are documented instances (with actual evidence) of people getting run over by Israeli tanks and bulldozers in Gaza right now. Backed by the US government. With the US President actively spreading FUD about the scale and extent of atrocities. Nice.

Xizang is literally the phonetic transliteration for the region of the TAR. You're basically saying that we should keep the name Western colonialists gave a territory because Western brains would get hurt if the name changed.

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@zerfuffle

Yes, I fully understand what you say. You mean this, but honestly, does it add any value?

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Dude brought up a completely unrelated topic and used the "tankie" perjorative, a term that literally describes IDF supporters based on the actions of the IDF in Gaza.

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