I'm wondering if maybe the problem is a misunderstanding of what an order of magnitude means. It means 10x. Multiple would mean at least 100x. Official Chinese death tally for TSM is 250-ish. The more likely number is 1000+.
I think he thought Tiananmen Square was just one dude standing alone in front of a bunch of tanks, and then when confronted with the truth, he's lashing out and yelling at the people who educated him instead of just admitting he was wrong.
Yeah, I started off thinking he was just confused about the meanings of words. I hadn't read his other replies so I didn't realize we were dealing with a full-on tankie. This reply clarified things.
He seems to think anyone bringing it up is just making a "China bad!!!" argument instead of making a comparison to one of the most famous protest incidents in the world.
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