Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-02-02 21:45:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A9FBF46CF1071030411E3BC1FE24B9947EEF502E2305085A2957B261045B74F2
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To claim that X did not happen (premise: the ‘tank man’ was not run over by tanks), therefore Y did not happen (conclusion: NOBODY was run over by tanks) is a logical fallacy https://www.britannica.com/topic/denial-of-the-antecedent Cases of civilians crushed by PLA tanks around "Tiananmen massacre" are well documented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/02/china.johngittings https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-why-is-the-army-shooting-people-tiananmen-in-1989-1999-and-200/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Zheng https://www.amnesty.org.uk/china-1989-tiananmen-square-protests-demonstration-massacre
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