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      14 hours ago

      Calling an insurgency a peaceful protest is indeed revisionist.

      The timeline of Tianenmen 1989 is

      -> large continuing peaceful protests for US-controlled school education -> groups of students or “students” killing soldiers on the street -> evacuating peaceful protesters from the square + soldiers killing insurgents still active on the street -> train station incident, unrelated protesters block soldiers with strict orders from entering train -> tanks arrive on square and start patrolling the streets -> Man with shopping bags stops tank on the same street the soldiers and insurgents were killed, then jumps on it, other students drag him off the tank and away.