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Yes actually, he was "peacefully moved after the photo" <3

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[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I swear the meaning of this photo (in the eyes of the general public) has changed in just the last 10 years.

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Elon_Musk@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It didn't have all this vitriol against China associated with it.

I personally thought it was commonly interpreted a different way, but it's hard to explain. Would be interesting to dig up some ancient reddit posts about it

edit: first try https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hsdct/on_this_day_22_years_ago_tank_man_became_one_of/

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

In my lifetime it's definitely morphed from a sort of uplifting idea about the power of 'simple humanity standing up in the face of authoritarianism or the war machine' into a sort of bizarre invented 'last moments' pre-gore pic for a lot of wild accusations without much basis in reality.

Sort of uplifting anti-authoritarian shorthand turned dehumanizing atrocity propaganda for a bunch of gruesome urban legend stuff.

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