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"'Cause when your heart wears out, I'll be always where you go" General blog for general nonsense. 30. Bisexual, He/him ✡️. I love to post things about games, art, and politics.

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Tiananmen 1989 Student Leader: “We are hoping for bloodshed” | Western MSM will never show this (2021.06.03.)

There is a lot of misinformation and Western-media-created myth surrounding the mainland Chinese student protests of 1989 which involved occupying Tiananmen Square. 

This is a raw interview with Tiananmen Square’s most radical/recognizable student leader, and Commander-in-Chief of the Defend Tiananmen Headquarters, Chailing.

SMASH THE OLD WESTERN MEDIA MYTHS! 

There was no Tiananmen Square “massacre”.

The “Tiananmen Square massacre” is constantly referred to. Why have I never seen film or video footage of a single death? The cameras were there, were they not?

Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn’t (2019.06.03.)

There Was No “Tiananmen Square Massacre” (2009.06.04.)

howard chang She wants others to die for the cause, not interested at all in helping the Chinese people but only interested in her own benefits. After sacreficing her brothers and sisters, she gets help from the US to get paid and continue her treasonous work. I would say she has passed the US citizenstest with flying colors.

v x So she wanted her fellow students to shed blood while she not only wasn’t gonna even show up but also connected herself with CIA to prepare her way to Washington…? That’s a lot of democracy and freedom 🤮🤮🤮

Wanglaugh Chinese people will never buy “democracy” sold by western countries after they saw so many tragedies happened in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine and  other countries subverted by West.

Armando Vaiandando You know that she is a grifter and not a true freedom fighter when she says that the Chinese people are not worth her fight, in contrast to people like Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Leila Khaled, Comandante Ramona, etc which would never say anything like that.

Eeja This is why the Hong Kong Legislative Council rioters and their ambitious leaders in 2019 cannot attract mainland youngers to follow. There is no new thing under the sun.

Norman Tan When I watch this, I can’t help but find the similarity between her then and those HK activists! Many of them ran!!

Mocha Today, ABC Australia published an article on Tiananmen Square that the then PM of Australia, Bob Hawke, in his speech, the statement he made about the event was incorrect. The information provided by the Australian embassy to the government contained a lot of errors. It took decades to bring this to light.

ck5056 I was watching this happening in Hong Kong in 1989, I read every newspapers and watched all TV news. My tears dropped on the newspaper on the picture of Zhao Ziyang talking on the megaphone. I thought I knew everything but today I finally see pictures and clips of the riots, the violence of the demonstrations and the burning of military vehicles and dead soldiers, I ask myself, why hadn’t I seen them before?

deadshoes People need to understand this movement was for the specific western liberal democracy not for democracy in general

James Sun This is so inspiring! She would be a great politician in America! For democrazy!

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Tiananmen 1989: US documentary SUMMARIZED p1 | the beginning of the movement

Bushangels CCP made the difficult but wise decision.

edhie pitono "I want a nike Shoes" that sums up the level of intelligence of these people.

InsideOut I still didn’t get it, the “democracy” they were fighting for except that they want to have a pair of Nike. Actually the Chinese gov was very diplomatic in trying to fulfill the student’s demands. If this was happened in US I really don’t think US gov would bother to have a proper dialogue with the students, at best they would have imprison the leaders who started this all

Zeis Siez I had a colleague from Kunming who studied in Beijing that time. He marched hand in hand with his peers across the bridge with tanks awaiting on the other side. He said no one was afraid of the army. After Tiananmen incident, China went on and lifted hundreds of millions of people from poverty. This colleague of mine, invested in properties and became a multi millionaire. About 8 years ago, we had a chat about development in China, and I asked him what he thought about the Tiananmen incident, his answer was a short one: naivety.

Xervexc Zymycur If China had allowed the students their way, the country will not be enjoying the prosperity it is enjoying now. The country would likely by now be broken into smaller countries. Each of these smaller countries will likely be in chaos as there are not many good and visionary leaders in this world who can guide a country selflessly and strong enough to wipe out corruption.

kevin chen I am always wondering what happened to those people. It would great to have interview with them again. If they have succeded I am wondering is China going to be be successful like now

Qiao Wang Thank god CIA didn’t succeed back then. If they did, China would be like the Soviet Union. I heard from my uncle that back then, there were protest in the southern part of China too.

Harry Ye After the shxt happened in HK 2019, i now fully support CPC for their decision on 89,6,4.

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⭕ press release Issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine We mourn the martyrs of our people who were martyred as a result of the criminal Zionist aggression in Gaza and the occupied interior, and we affirm that the pure blood that bled will continue to be a curse that haunts the occupier, its leaders and their offspring.

👈 We pay tribute to our heroic people in Gaza, the glory, the bank of steadfastness, the sanctification of the patriarchs, and within the occupied interior, who has proven to be the strongest with his solid will and his steely resolve in the face of the oppression of the occupation and the continuous aggression. 👈 The Palestinian resistance has conveyed its clear message to the enemy that harming our people and their sanctities is a red line, and if it thinks about committing more foolishness, it will pay a dear price, and this is confirmation from it that it will continue its heroic battle until the enemy acquiesces to the conditions of the resistance and desist from committing crimes. 👈 Jerusalem is the jewel of the Palestinian crown and the resistance, headed by the Brigades of the martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, it will not leave it alone and will work day and night for its victory and defense, and here is a message for our people in all places of its presence, we must continue the struggle unified in the field and escalate the clash with the enemy in all arenas and let it be a massive uprising In the face of the criminal entity. “Either we are or we are not, and let the enemy hear our voice by our action on the ground.” The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Tuesday | May 11, 2021

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Every time I log back into tumblr I get these nostalgia trips and feel out of touch with everything going on here.

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A (hopefully) simple lesson on American exceptionalism

Defining American exceptionalism

American exceptionalism is the idea that the United States is different from other countries in its actions and values, usually in a way that claims superiority and advocates the goal of America having a unique mission to transform the world.

Here are some principles proclaimed uniquely American and/or an inspiration to the world by America in American exceptionalism:

• Laissez-faire economics

• Liberal democracy

• Individual freedom

• Republicanism

The origin of American exceptionalism

A newspaper reporting the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii in 1898.

American exceptionalism has transformed in definition and practice over time, remaining a core value in the US today, but its primary beginning can be traced back to manifest destiny in 19th century America.

Manifest destiny is the belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.

Here are some principles behind manifest destiny:

• The special virtues of the American settlers and their institutions

• The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of the agrarian East

• An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty

Manifest destiny did not remain in North America. Its ideals and practices inspired those of other countries and leaders, most infamously Adolf Hitler, who used the belief in comparison to Germany's conquest. Manifest destiny was also used to justify the genocide of Native Americans.

The transformation of American exceptionalism in the 21st century

American exceptionalism strongly drives US foreign policy to this day. In fact, practically every action of the US military is justified by the claim that the US is, in the long run, spreading "freedom and democracy". This narrative is not only untrue, but actively harmful. As I recently shared on here, US media tends to ignore conflicts the US has worsened and continues to do so, like in Yemen. This leads many Americans--and even allies to the US--to remain ignorant of such situations, or simply identify them as necessary evils.

So, if you ever think "what should the US do to help this situation in another country?", ask yourself why your first thought is a country that does the exact opposite of what it claims.

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have you ever wanted anything so badly

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In 1962, Cesar Chavez started the United Farm Workers of America. This is their symbol.

Look familiar? Chavez, who was inspired by Mao and Hitler, wanted to dismantle the capitalist society in favor of a more authoritarian socialistic one.

Biden now has replaced the American flags in the Oval Office with a bust of Cesar Chavez who, again, had admiration for Hitler and Mao, even basing his politics off of them.

This should be concerning for everyone.

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Gonna need some sources on that one

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Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia

Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia

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

Read under political ideology.

“Chavez placed the success of the movement above all else;[251] Pawel described him as “the ultimate pragmatist”.[163] He felt that he had to be both the leader and the organizer-in-chief of his movement because only he had the necessary commitment to the cause.[466] He was interested in power and how to use it; although his role model in this was Gandhi, he also studied the ideas about power by Niccolò Machiavelli, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Zedong, drawing ideas from each.[121] His use of purges to expel people from his movement was influenced by Mao’s Cultural Revolution,[287] and he opened a June 1978 board meeting by reciting a poem by Mao.[327] Chavez repeatedly referred to himself as a community organizer rather than as a labor leader and underscored that distinction”

United Farm Workers - Wikipedia

United Farm Workers - Wikipedia

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much better

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Just thought I’d add this here for anyone missing the story. The list goes on.

A look inside Biden’s Oval Office

The oval office looks different now that President Biden is its occupant.

Is it just me or does this just seem like one giant publicity stunt?

Tbh this is the first time I’ve even seen anyone give a crap about decorations in the oval office

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I just find it concerning that we’re at the point where the guy who had a nazi-inspired flag for his organization is being glorified in the highest office.

Figure I can throw the long time of being called a member of Germany’s national socialist party back in their faces. (“Darn those nazi conservatives and their *shuffles cards* desire for lower taxes, freedom of speech, and more gun rights”)

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It was, and is, from a design standpoint the most eye catching colour combination and as he stated a symbol that everyone can draw. But considering the shitshow over the eagle that Trump put out I’d like to see some of that come back to haunt joe too.

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this is really one of the worst takes tumblr leftists have put out to epic pwn biden (besides op whos a conservative idk if yall lefties noticed LMFAO or if yall did and rb’d anyway which is just amazing progressivism. great work everyone)… cesar chavez was NOT a fascist and you are all repeating literal white supremacist lies. i do not care what your opinion on mao is but the characterization of UFW as inspired by nazism is far right disinformation that has been spread about UFW since the delano grape strike because–get this–they didn’t fucking want chicano workers to rise up against their exploiters??? also, cesar chavez was not inspired by hitler OR mao in a way that would be “concerning”. he was specifically inspired by their oratory/organizing methods; he was not inspired by content, only the form of both of their writings and speeches. and ironically, the purges of the UFW by chavez were of COMMUNISTS. aka the opposite of being “inspired by mao”???

just think critically for one second and you’ll realize that there is no possible way for the UFW to align with fascism–fascist populists at the time hated chicanos–AND to put how racist these accusations are in further historical context, chicanos were fucking lynched during world war ii (zoot suit riots) partially on the basis of lies that they were not patriotic and therefore nazis (of course this was rooted in racism, the primary cause of the zoot suit riots).

The [State Un-American Activities Committee] investigation was ordered “to determine whether the present Zoot-Suit Riots were sponsored by Nazi agencies attempting to spread disunity between the United States and Latin-American countries.”(24) Senator Tenney, a member of the un-American Activities committee for Los Angeles County, claimed he had evidence that the Zoot-Suit Riots were “axis-sponsored” but the evidence was never presented. […] The attention given to the dubious claims of [N]azi-instigation tended to obfuscate other more credible opinions. Examination of the social conditions of pachuco youths tended to be marginalized in favour of other more “newsworthy” angles. At no stage in the press coverage were the opinions of community workers or youth leaders sought[.]

(source)

also, guess what? spreading disinfo about the UFW doesn’t just mean you’re revising history. there’s modern far right conspiracy theories about Chicanos being a “fifth column” or being used as a proxy of foreign threats that directly parallel what i previously discussed. Tom Cotton, for one, has a conspiracy theory about Mexican cartels and ISIS having an alliance and that this means Mexicans are bringing ISIS influence into arizona when they immigrate. and if you want to get even more specific, there’s even conspiracy theories involving chicano activism and nazism that extremely racist republicans propagate (here it is… directly sourced from said racists)…literally just like the conspiracy theory on this post 🤔…

and please shut the fuck up about the flag, it has nothing to do with nazism whatsoever. please read something besides wikipedia. heres some stuff to start with wrt the flag

The cultural history of the United Farm Workers’ black eagle

The Aztec story about the eagle

granted, i don’t even like chavez, like at all. i don’t like the way he led the UFW and he was xenophobic towards migrants. he was overall like one of the shittiest organizers of that time in terms of how he treated people in his organization (read more). but he was not a fascist and saying he was, no matter how much of an asshole he was, is racist.

further reading about topics discussed in this post:

long history of anti-Latino/Chicano violence in the US. bc of the view of them as inherently foreign and a radical threat to the American white republic

the story of the zoot suit riots. Mexicans were perceived by anglos as inherently foreign or a radical threat; this transformed into fear of them as Axis puppets. also addresses the significance of zoot suits as important to Chicano, Black, Filipino etc self-confidence.

the sleepy lagoon trial during the zoot suit riots. the prosecution lawyer infamously went on a racist rant about their Aztec blood making them violent and the trial itself was legally corrupt from the beginning

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In 1962, Cesar Chavez started the United Farm Workers of America. This is their symbol.

Look familiar? Chavez, who was inspired by Mao and Hitler, wanted to dismantle the capitalist society in favor of a more authoritarian socialistic one.

Biden now has replaced the military flags in the Oval Office and added a bust of Cesar Chavez who, again, had admiration for Hitler and Mao, even basing his politics off of them.

This should be concerning for everyone.

[dark-psychic-force]

Please stick to your weed and snarky internet clout performance it’s what you are good at here.

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On organization and leadership

Chavez placed the success of the movement above all else;[252] Pawel described him as "the ultimate pragmatist".[163] He felt that he had to be both the leader and the organizer-in-chief of his movement because only he had the necessary commitment to the cause.[467] He was interested in power and how to use it; although his role model in this was Gandhi, he also studied the ideas about power by Niccolò Machiavelli, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Zedong, drawing ideas from each.[121] His use of purges to expel people from his movement was influenced by Mao's Cultural Revolution,[288] and he opened a June 1978 board meeting by reciting a poem by Mao.[328] Chavez repeatedly referred to himself as a community organizer rather than as a labor leader and underscored that distinction.[99] He wanted his organization to represent not just a union but a larger social movement.[468] He was ambivalent about the national labor movement.[99] He personally disliked many of the prominent figures within the American labor movement but, as a pragmatist, recognized the value of working with organized labor groups.[128] He opposed the idea of paying wages to those who worked for the union, believing that it would destroy the spirit of the movement.[469] He rarely fired people from their positions, but instead made their working situation uncomfortable so that they would resign.[470]

Chavez's leadership style was authoritarian;[471] he stated that when he launched his movement, he initially had "total, absolute power" over it.[472] Bruns characterized the UFW under Chavez as an "autocratic regime".[468] Ex-members of the group, such as Bustamante and Padilla described Chavez as a dictator within the union.[473] Chavez felt unable to share the responsibilities of running his movement with others.[474] In 1968, Fred Hirsch noted that "one thing which characterizes Cesar's leadership is that he takes full responsibility for as much of the operation as he is physically capable of. All decisions are made by him."[475] Itliong noted that "Cesar is afraid that if he shares the authority with the people[…] they might run away from him."[475] Pawel noted that Chavez wanted "yes-men" around him.[476] He divided members of movements such as his into three groups: those that achieved what they set out to do, those that worked hard but failed what they set out to do, and those that were lazy. He thought that the latter needed to be expelled from the movement.[477] He highly valued individuals who were loyal, efficient, and took the initiative.[478] Explaining his attitudes toward activism, he told his volunteers that "nice guys throughout the ages have done very little for humanity. It isn't the nice guy who gets things done. It's the hardheaded guy."[477] He admitted that he could be "a real bastard" when dealing with movement members;[479] Chavez told UFW volunteers that "I'm a son of a bitch to work with".[286] He would play different people against each other to get what he wanted, particularly to break apart allies who might form an independent power bloc that would threaten his domination of the movement.[480]

Your fav is an authoritarian, STILL inspired by mass murderers. Had he been given power, undoubtedly there would have been many purges. Stay mad, commie bootlicker.

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In 1962, Cesar Chavez started the United Farm Workers of America. This is their symbol.

Look familiar? Chavez, who was inspired by Mao and Hitler, wanted to dismantle the capitalist society in favor of a more authoritarian socialistic one.

Biden now has replaced the military flags in the Oval Office and added a bust of Cesar Chavez who, again, had admiration for Hitler and Mao, even basing his politics off of them.

This should be concerning for everyone.

[dark-psychic-force]

Please stick to your weed and snarky internet clout performance it’s what you are good at here.

[dark-psychic-force]

God damn these past few years have really exposed whose actually serious about building a socialist movement in the US and whose kind of an opportunist who fiercely defends liberalism even if it consistently proves it’s failing.

It’s weird to come back to this site and see the people I used to follow become some kind of weird academic postie or a useful idiot for the state department with regards to China.

[chensaiy]

Spongebob voice; HE IS NUMBER ONE

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Bust of Medusa by Daniele Danko Angelozzi, 2020

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chocolate and vanilla ice cream popsicles

[actiondawg]

This time, Ditto! A good friend of mine requested that I do this one so I thought what the hell, I’ll do it now.

Leave me suggestions for what to do next! (Generations 1-2 for now please!)

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HOLY SHIT!!!

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Homeowner

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That’s his house now

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Animal Crossing Villagers barging into your home like

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Fuck I haven’t been on this site in almost a year? I actually miss it here. Twitter is awful

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18 y/o lesbian needs financial help after getting cut off from abusive dad’s health insurance prior to ECT treatments

July 22nd, my girlfriend went into inpatient seeking ECT to help with her PTSD, depression, and anxiety before it once again escalated to extreme self harm and multiple suicide attempts.

Today, July 24th, her abusive father cut her off from family health insurance, meaning that when she gets ECT, she will be left alone to shoulder thousands of dollars of medical debt.

The only choice she has now is to beg her abusive mother for previously promised child support money, which she likely won’t get or will have to jump through hoops and grovel at her mother’s feet for. That money won’t even cover half the costs of ECT.

She will need anywhere from at least $2,000 to $3,000 to cover the costs.

Please, please, please help however you can by sending money or spreading this post! PayPal: [email protected]

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Please help my friend

A couple months ago I made a post for my friend who was trying to help support her sister during the pandemic.

She went to Alabama with a friend and the first night of their visit someone broke into her car and stole the money they were going to use to pay for the hotel (300$ in total) and she thinks they cut the hose to her transmission as well as a ton of fluid has leaked underneath the car.

Right now she’s most worried about getting enough to stay in the hotel one more night. If she doesn’t get it soon she won’t have anywhere to go.

It’s 40$ for tonight

Her cashapp is $eking51