Tank man is funny because it's like "look at this brave man standing against an oppressive regime. Nobody knows what happened to him afterwards" As if they'd actually care. If it were to happen in America there's a very good chance he would've been runover for disrupting traffic.

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fucking redditors think he WAS run over

[–] StalinsTeaSpoon@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago

The extended footage shows the guy shuffling off. The Reddit version has his pulped remains being firehosed down the gutter.

[–] jaywalker@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

Most USAians prolly do

[–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

in 2020 there were multiple instances of NYPD actually running over protestors

e: looks like there's an even better comparison earlier in this thread. every accusation of brutality is, in fact, a confession

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 month ago

And if it were Israel, well...

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

if tankman happened in the, US people would cheer that ge gets crushed by the tank for disrupting the traffic and blocking them from reaching walmart