Remember THIS guy?

[Philosoraptor]

His name is LIBERTY.

[valerief]

1. Yeah. Thanks! nt

[JuniperLea]

2. Is it time?

It must be about that time.

Bush would use his new power and label him an enemy combatant... he'd be in a Halliburton built gulag right now if he were an American.

[nuxvomica]

3. They would characterize this as an "asymmetrical attack"

Like the attempted suicides at Guantanamo.

[malta blue]

4. Yes I do.

And I remember thinking that was one brave man.

Thanks for helping us remember what he was standing up for.

[Warpy]

5. Courage is what happens when

you run out of attractive alternatives.

I don't think this worker was the only one, but his image is iconic.

They usually shoot us with guns, not video cameras.

[madokie]

6. very much so

[zbdent]

7. Looks like a picture of Clinton standing up to the media in the 90s

and Clinton fared better than that guy ...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. "Pity the nation in need of heroes" - Bertolt Brecht

The tragedy is that we need heroes like that one brave man. We are severely lacking any in congress.

[rug]

9. I have to give credit to the tank driver too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

Bush would roll over him in a flash.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. Another Illegal Enemy Combatant

I think that will be approximately my final moment on this planet as well.

We are the children of liberty, this is always our fate.

[Toots]

11. Let him try that shit in this country.."We Don't Care" "We Don't Care"

as the freeper chant goes. He looks like the type that needs some torture to set the world straight..

[Philosoraptor]

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[KurtNYC]

13. That image endures

One guy stood in front of tanks and they stopped. It is a great dramatic moment but what is NOT in this picture is what happened to thousands of other Chinese people:

On May 20, the government declared martial law and, on the night of June 3 and the early morning of June 4, army tanks and infantry were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the protest and disperse the protestors. Estimates of civilian deaths vary: 23 (Communist Party of China), 400–800 (Central Intelligence Agency), 2600 (Chinese Red Cross). Injuries are generally held to have numbered from 7,000 to 10,000. Following the violence, the government conducted widespread arrests to suppress the remaining supporters of the movement, banned the foreign press and strictly controlled coverage of the events in the PRC press. The violent suppression of the Tiananmen Square protest caused widespread international condemnation of the PRC government

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989

The pictures from the massacre are less well known.

[conscious evolution]

14. Tank Man

I remember reading how the images of this guy helped embolden the people of eastern Europe to stand up to their dictators and overthrow them.

That image still makes my spine tingle when I see it.

[Straight Shooter]

15. I will never forget.

Some people are absolutely amazing.

Thanks for sharing a moment of courage in our history.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. I remember him. Great post. K&R. n/t

[Philosoraptor]

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[Philosoraptor]

19. remember, remember

[Philosoraptor]

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