• Nakoichi [he/him]
    hexagon
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    9 days ago

    They fucking burned people alive dude that is why the military went in.

    • ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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      9 days ago

      Cool, so the unruly mob was burning cops/military alive, and that's why they needed to send in the military.

        • ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml
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          9 days ago

          Alright, then who was being burned alive? Because I was under the impression it was the military/police. Nakoichi is saying that they burned people alive and that's why the military was sent in, but it was the military being burned alive, meaning they were already there.

          • Egon [they/them]
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            9 days ago

            Yeah I'll definitely waste my time explaining shit to someone being obtuse in order not to concede a point, that sounds like fun

          • iie [they/them, he/him]
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            7 days ago

            To clear up some confusion, the soldiers and police who were burned and lynched at Muxidi were unarmed. The government responded on June 3-4 with an armed crackdown. The armed crackdown also encountered firebombs, but @Nakoichi@hexbear.net was referring to the earlier attacks at Muxidi.

      • REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 days ago

        China did not have specialized riot police at the time, it flatout wasn't ever necessary. The PLA was the only force existing with the manpower and equipment to handle the situation.