Wow.
No sooner than I post my case for the advantages of Friendica over Mastodon than I find a post by a Diasporian that I find important enough to boost beyond Diaspora. @karlaurebach posted a link to the Guardian story about the military parade planned for Trump's b'day, but also said the following and I quote:
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Anyone remember Tienanmen Square and Tank Man (who stood in front of a tank to block it)?
Well, here's an opportunity here in the US to celebrate Tank Man.
FFOTUS is going to have an imperial triumph parade - tanks and army brigades, airplanes, and gawd knows what else.
Would it not be interesting if the crowds burst through the barriers to re-enact Tank Man?
(This time we can fully anticipate that FFOTUS will order the troops to shoot - it will be a sad day when Chinese troops have been shown to have more respect for citizens than US troops.)
(And I've heard it suggested that in Lafayette Park - across from where the presidential viewing stand will be - that the crowd do a mass Brave Heart present
... show moreWow.
No sooner than I post my case for the advantages of Friendica over Mastodon than I find a post by a Diasporian that I find important enough to boost beyond Diaspora. @karlaurebach posted a link to the Guardian story about the military parade planned for Trump's b'day, but also said the following and I quote:
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Anyone remember Tienanmen Square and Tank Man (who stood in front of a tank to block it)?
Well, here's an opportunity here in the US to celebrate Tank Man.
FFOTUS is going to have an imperial triumph parade - tanks and army brigades, airplanes, and gawd knows what else.
Would it not be interesting if the crowds burst through the barriers to re-enact Tank Man?
(This time we can fully anticipate that FFOTUS will order the troops to shoot - it will be a sad day when Chinese troops have been shown to have more respect for citizens than US troops.)
(And I've heard it suggested that in Lafayette Park - across from where the presidential viewing stand will be - that the crowd do a mass Brave Heart presentation of butts to our fearless leader's face.)
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theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
