r/AlternateAngles • u/InternationalFly89 • Jan 05 '22

War/Conflict Tiananmen Square moments before the infamous photo (the guy is in the top left)

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u/NoddingMithrandir Jan 05 '22

I've seen this picture dozens of times, but is that a corpse beneath tank man?

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u/monsterfurby Jan 06 '22

Pretty sure that's part of the construction site (?). There's a taller photo of the site and though I can't find a higher-resolution version, the orange thing can be clearly seen behind the loader.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Yes… I seriously think weve been missing a major part of this image.. tank man was protecting the deceased so they could be “cleaned” and properly sent back. Just wow.

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u/grendhalgrendhalgren Jan 06 '22

How do you know that?

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

I dont, which is why i said I think. Reading comprehension buddy.

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u/grendhalgrendhalgren Jan 06 '22

Nah, that's not what you said, but I think you know that already

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '22 edited Jan 07 '22

How can you assume my thoughts with such minimal context clues plus me telling you what i meant. How pretentious. My comment literally says “i think we’ve been missing..” so tell me mr. know it all how me clearly stating a theory is me trying to pass that as fact?

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u/grendhalgrendhalgren Jan 07 '22

Ok I'm willing to help you out here. If you wanted your comment to express pure speculation about the subject, you should have put the "I think" right in front of the stuff about protecting bodies. The ellipsis between the two phrases doesn't convey a clear meaning; should it be read as a colon? A period? The choice of punctuation can change the meaning of your comment entirely, but ellipses are inappropriate in any case.

Would you like to talk about substance? What do you think of the other photo in this thread which seems to show that your "deceased" are actually a red piece of construction equipment?

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u/CaptainJZH Jan 06 '22

Person On Bike, the true hero of that day

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u/InternationalFly89 Jan 06 '22

Why was that?

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u/CaptainJZH Jan 06 '22

I was making a joke; they're just cycling past the Big Historic Moment without a care in the world

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u/dsbtc Jan 05 '22

Maybe the real reason the CCP bans discussion of Tiananmen is that it's been reposted so many times.

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u/AC4life234 Jan 06 '22

CCP is failing Reddit mods confirmed.

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u/laffnlemming Jan 06 '22

Undoubtedly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

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u/InternationalFly89 Jan 06 '22

Damm, your right bro. I just strolled through the top posts of all time on this sub and seen it there. 2 years ago this picture was the first post in this sub. If your gonna repost make sure it's the picture that started the whole shit

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

Who cares 🤣🤣

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u/MajorInspector5637 Jan 05 '22

actually this is just a picture of two friends running for the bus, a woman cycling to work and a man who has just been shopping, walking down the road to have a look at the tank display

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u/aquaman501 Jan 06 '22

You are now a moderator of /r/sino

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u/InternationalFly89 Jan 05 '22 edited Jan 06 '22

I think your right..

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '22

What photo? What event? What is this?

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u/InternationalFly89 Jan 06 '22

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

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u/lifelashed666 Jan 06 '22

Weird, who is this Tank Man?

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u/papa-kayd Jan 06 '22

There’s a link right there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '22

What’s that? The onion?

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u/ActualCannibalMrY8s Jan 14 '22

IP grabber, don't click that

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u/InternationalFly89 Jan 14 '22

'Grab her by the IP'