PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNothing happened on June 5th, 1989lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down115
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageNothing happened on June 5th, 1989lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoI was about 8 years old then and I was probably more interested in Nintendo at the time. No idea what was going on outside that bubble.
minus-squareIamdanno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoI was old enough to be aware of the outside world (21), but didn’t know much about China. The pictures and video of the tianenmen square massacre were a shocking revelation to how cruel the world could be.
minus-squarehappilybitchycowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months ago They didn’t censor the nightly news back then like they do now. Parents told you to not watch or get out of the room.
I was about 8 years old then and I was probably more interested in Nintendo at the time. No idea what was going on outside that bubble.
I was old enough to be aware of the outside world (21), but didn’t know much about China. The pictures and video of the tianenmen square massacre were a shocking revelation to how cruel the world could be.