I feel as though this Freedom Fighter is timely to talk about right now. Today, in France, protesters are being gased, flash bombed, and roughed up by the corrupt government thay are protesting. Journalists are being targeted with rubber bullets and…
I feel as though this Freedom Fighter is timely to talk about right now. Today, in France, protesters are being gased, flash bombed, and roughed up by the corrupt government thay are protesting. Journalists are being targeted with rubber bullets and water canons. One of the leaders of the Yellow Vest Movement lost an eye to a policeman's rubber bullet. The police have been issued live ammunition. Sooner or later, these events may follow the path set by the government in China at the end of the 1980s.
This series has covered a variety of individuals who have meant something to the freedom movement. I have sought to bring back into the light people who time and the government want to forget. Tank man is another sort of freedom fighter. He was forgotten almost before he appeared. The fact is that, he may be more important than anyone I have covered yet.
The meaning of Tiananmen is “gate to peace.” This is a perfect descriptor for who Tank Man is. He is the strength of one man to stand in the face of death and announce to the world that the destructive power of government will not be unopposed. All over the world, we saw as this one man stood down the Chinese oppression.
Ultimately, Tank Man will never be forgotten. It is appropriate that we do not know his name. He is everyone. He is you and he is me. He is anyone who fights for what is right. Tank Man is the activist in the common man, just doing his shopping, seeing injustice, and taking action. We don't need more Tank Men, we already have them, they are us.
Original Article- https://steemit.com/history/@adamkokesh/the-unknown-hero-in-us-all-tank-man-forgotten-freedom-fighters
Sources
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tiananmen-square-massacre-death-toll-secret-cable-british-ambassador-1989-alan-donald-a8126461.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tiananmen-square-what-happened-to-tank-man-9483398.html
https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/asia/tiananmen-square-fast-facts/index.html?no-st=9999999999
