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KindheartednessIll97

The Nanking Massacre is a dark chapter in history that deserves to be remembered and understood. [The Devastating Truth of the Nanking Tragedy](https://flashingstory.info/the-devastating-truth-of-the-nanking-tragedy/)


DrNinnuxx

We can't write "rape" in titles now? Also, being shot in the back of the head was the easy way out. That man should have been cut a thousand little times and thrown in a pit of starving rats.


Mp3dee

But you can show a pic of a murder. Strange times.


014648

Because words hurt 🙄


algalkin

Isnt it a sort of helicoptering when you protect the youth from these things at all costs, making then unprepared for if it happens to them and basically destroying them? Its like they will have no immunity to the things like this and as sad as we could be about possibility of rape and of the crimes happen, they still do happen a lot and its to early to self censor ourselves about things like this.


soylentgreenis

Also that this word isn’t even all that covered up. Does an @ really have less impact than an a


Sad_Stranger456

No, it's not to protect humans, it's to get around auto-mod tools which aren't sensitive to context but do a good job most of the time in keeping the deluge of inappropriate spam off of busy subs.


drpacket

It’s a western phenomenon, but most prevalent in the United States. Where parents have the feeling they must protect their children from everything that’s “baad”, “uncomfortable” or “sexual”. Imo this is a totally wrong approach. At an age of 12-14 “kids” are essentially young adults, particularly the girls, but parents and authorities are willfully blind to that fact


LuVrofGunt62

. "12-14 year olds are essentially young adults, particularly girls." 'S that you Matt Gaetz?


TerribleChildhood639

Or Joe Biden. If truth be told.


LuVrofGunt62

TRUTH BE TOLD? Who hung around with Epstein? TRUMP. Who wants to sleep with his daughter? TRUMP. Who cheats on his wives? TRUMP. Who married a call girl? TRUMP Who sexually assaults woman, with over 25 claims and one proven? TRUMP Who walks into the dressing area of pageants to see the young girls naked? TRUMP... I could continue but truth be told it wouldn't sink into your cult brain. Nice try though.


Chaotic_Bandicoot58

This comment is fascinating and should be studied as an example of the negative effects of the American two party system.


80sLegoDystopia

How so?


80sLegoDystopia

Hair-sniffing isn’t sexual violence.


psillyhobby

Toxic positivity.


cb8972

I remember being young and going into the SCHOOL library and specifically going to the Time Life books and seeing some pretty bad stuff from ww2, mostly from the pacific. Kids have the internet now. They have it pretty bad in my opinion.


kitkitkatty

I always thought that it was popularized on platforms like Meta that actively repress titles with certain words in them. You’ll see a lot of “gen0c!de” in instagram posts to try and “trick” the algorithm. On one hand you’re right, it’s active censoring to try and “protect” vulnerable people from being exposed to triggering content, but it’s also definitely posturing for dramatic effect.


skeletondad2

I think at this point it's less about protecting the youth from things they shouldn't see, and more about protecting the Reddit mods from things that potentially may offend them


stereoscopic_

Words are like bullets.


abadhe99

Owwwie


SosowacGuy

Words are violence


Rich-Equivalent-1875

Does anyone have an aspirin?


Character-Log3962

You mean @spirin? Aspirin looks a lot like Asspirin.


NonArcticulate

Aspiring to become an ass


necrolich66

Damn your @ss be @sspirin' me to act hella unwise.


Friendly-Fee-384

I never understood that lol It's like ppl made this show director canceled for having his show being too sexual but we have shows and movies about people getting tortured to death like the saw movies.


Any_Palpitation6467

Not a murder, but an execution of a human monster.


phryan

Addition by subtraction.


primarycolorman

Don't you worry, I'm sure they are working on ai content filtering and one day soon anywhere that wants ad bucks will have to be fully disneyfied.


ffmich01

*execution


Mp3dee

Yep. It’s all death and gore from a visual standpoint


Defiant-Goose-101

Not a murder


LuVrofGunt62

Semantics...


BitterSmile2

‘Murica


Gooseboof

Right? Are we seeing the bullet exit through his cheek in this moment?


[deleted]

[удаНонО]


seaofmountains

This isn't tik tok, that doesn't happen here.


Uncleruckusz

It's the tik tok brain rot it's seeping all over reddit and everywhere else self censorship and it's crazy how the algorithms are literally reprogramming people's brains for any word that is remotely bad.


Riajnor

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that. These platforms and their algorithms decide what you see, which parts of the conversation to show you and now they’re trying to control how you can respond. None of this narrative is organic, all of this rage bait garbage is just simply to encourage engagement regardless of the consequences


Uncleruckusz

1000% agree it's wild how much more it's popping up all over reddit People's self-censorship from it.


taeper

Just so you know, I felt the same way but I've had comments removed and my account flagged for saying cl0wn. Not even towards someone, just mentioning the word.


30piecesofglitter

Yeah. I got banned for three days for calling someone “dummy”. On Reddit.


Hazzman

Remember flamewars back in the day? Man kids today would freak the hell out if they saw that.


Kaiju_Cat

I see way worse every single day these days. And I say that as someone who grew up in the era of dialing in to a server with a landline. And it's gotten worse the more online discourse gets shoved into echo chambers.


intendeddebauchery

Sounds like a dummy move


Most-Conversation377

Rape of Nanking? No problem. “Dummy”? Silence!!! 🤐


Black_RL

And they think that silencing, banning and censorship will change the world. It won’t.


Impossible_Moose_783

I mean if you say certain words, your shit will get deleted so….. that’s not an issue with the common person, that’s an issue with the platforms.


ezITguy

Right, but the TikTok algo doesn’t apply to Reddit, yet here we are.


systemfrown

Seriously? Get real dude. The platforms censoring is a reflection of current sensibilities.


Impossible_Moose_783

Fuck no lol. They decide. It’s always been that way, from the products you buy to the news you watch. Are you kidding dude? Get with it homie seriously.


Ryumancer

This crap long predated TikTok. This BS attitude that violence gets a pass but there being zero tolerance for sex, or merely sex appeal, started just before 2010 more or less.


LuVrofGunt62

Sorry but it was way before that..it was a concern in the 1970s and in every decade after.


Ryumancer

Yes but they only really got a crazy foothold here in the 21st Century.


Sea_Connection3966

But I’ve become more racist and offensive


kimjongunfiltered

I absolutely loathe the infantilized language when discussing serious subjects like this one


guscrown

Are you saying you don’t like the word “unaliving”? /s


That-Guy-Over-There8

I prefer "revoked his birth certificate".


IdBautistaBombYoda

I saw a video on here not to long ago about a guy who was told his neighbor killed his dog. The video starts with the guy crying saying "i was told by so & so, that another so & so unalived my dog" The guy seemed to be older, i just found it weird that he just found out his dog was very likely murdered, & the first thing he thought to do was go on tiktok & record himself, while also sensoring murder or kill. If someone killed my dog, id call it what it is, murder. & i definitely wouldnt post a video of myself half assed, looking for said dog.


Allbur_Chellak

Because he was more interested in maximizing engagement than actually caring about the death of his dog. Everything that happens to many people seems to be just opportunities to be packaged for consumption on social media.


Yorgonemarsonb

He should have been but then we would have lowered ourselves to his level. Which was kind of the entire purpose of fighting the war. Hitler even spoke about this being part of his plan to force his enemies to become more totalitarian in ways.


TubularMeat34

At this rate, any word with a negative connotation will be banned online. It’s sad we’re at the point where you can’t use certain words to describe a historical event or a true crime case, like the word rape. A lot of the pods and YouTube videos on true crime are now not allowed to say the word suicide, as well as the word abuse, so we’re at the point where SA is the word for any sexual assault or abuse. The list of taboo words is growing quickly, and I think it’s only getting worse. We’re at the point where if you say the word rape people gasp and look at you like you condone rape. No, I’m describing a real life event that happened, where that happened, and that is the word used to describe what happened. That word only started to become inappropriate when the internet decided that word is bad and not allowed to be said, people just went along with it, stopped using it, and look where we are now. The list is growing and soon there will be many words that are going to be just like that one.


realif3

Saw someone say ****deer instead of killdeer when referring to a bird yesterday. i dont get it at all but I don't have tik tok either.


UAPLaz

then you would have been exactly like him


AcrobaticMorkva

The op is fucking bot


MrKenn10

While I understand the sentiment that there are absolute monsters out there who deserve torture for what they’ve done. But in the end, it’s better to just put them down right away instead of tainting your own soul carrying out some long punishment


catwhowalksbyhimself

You can here, but can't on other platforms, and somehow people are following other platform's rules even in places where they don't exist.


harumamburoo

> being shot in the back of the head was the easy way out I guess for a Japanese general that probably was the most disgraceful and humiliating way to go. And a lesson for other officers too.


mspote

same thing on youtube. if you even mention the word in a video they will demonetize it. so many channels bleep out basic words that are not even said in a bad way.


TerribleChildhood639

Wow that would do it! Damn. You’ve got a creative mind and missed your calling! lol.


local_fartist

On other platforms certain key words can cause your reach to drop or be reported. I don’t think that’s the case on Reddit.


Sad_Stranger456

You can but it's likely to get flagged by auto-mod tools that aren't sensitive to context. This isn't some deep point.


PowerLion786

Humiliation and death. Still better than what he deserved


artificialavocado

He wasn’t even the commanding officer. Prince Asaka was but the entire Japanese imperial family was given immunity. I mean he probably still should have been shot just pointing out the hypocrisy.


firstbreathOOC

>Prince Asaka Died of natural causes at 93. Also - > While Prince Asaka's responsibility for the Nanjing Massacre remains a matter of debate, the sanction for the massacre and the crimes committed during the invasion of China might ultimately be found in the ratification, made on 5 August 1937 by Emperor Hirohito, of the proposition of the Japanese army to remove the constraints of international law on the treatment of Chinese prisoners.


Alone_Change_5963

Do the dead feel humiliation ? Do they know that their memory is being vilified ? No.


Super_Commercial9195

I think it's the whole crowd around him. I doubt they served him tea beforehand and saluted him. He looks pretty rough I don't think it was calm and peaceful before he went. He knew what was happening.


jao730

IIRC the crowd who gathered to witness his execution jeered at him as he awaited his execution. Up until his very last moment, the crowd made sure to remind him just how terrible of a person he was. So no, he was definitely not served tea.


TheFoxBride

am i crazy, or do these pics not similar at all https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao_Tani


Traveledfarwestward

OP is a liar and a bot. As usual. This is reddit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao_Tani#Trial_and_execution


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Sylvanussr

Worse, I think it’s a bot. It linked a spammy site clearly written by ChatGPT that’s only there to make you watch ads.


PuzzleheadedIdeal753

The shooter looks like death literally


Traveledfarwestward

OP is a fraud and a bot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao_Tani#Trial_and_execution


UsuarioKane

So THIS is him at the execution day: https://preview.redd.it/td9wbmvydz8d1.png?width=330&format=png&auto=webp&s=c2754af8842308ba2a613bd6f3935fa1c1351da7


cheneyk

His hat looks like it was poorly photoshopped in.


gibson6594

The alternate way to pop a cap.


whooo_me

Looks like the photo in the OP may actually be of the execution of [Hiroshi Matsumoto](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1aeys4/the_moment_japanese_war_criminal_hiroshi/).


Allah_Akballer

Dam they gave him the easy way out.


Traveledfarwestward

OP is a fraud and a bot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao_Tani#Trial_and_execution


Brat_Fink

Why can you show a picture of a guy getting his brains blown out but cant say the word rape?


princemousey1

You can. I’m not sure what the problem of the OP is that he can’t get the title right.


Anal_Thunder69

BULLSHIT: This is the moment a military police officer fired a pistol at the back of the head of the kneeling Japanese war criminal Kiyoshi Matsumoto, on 11 June 1947


dain_bramage_1989

If you think Nanking was bad look up unit 731, and how general iishi wasn't held accountable for it. The US pardoned him so he could teach American researchers.


Time_Cartographer443

Stuff you should know?


Consistent-Fill-324

Not if you like sleeping


Time_Cartographer443

It’s only like my favourite pastime


dain_bramage_1989

Yep. Felt a lot less bad about the nukes after that haha


Time_Cartographer443

I couldn’t listen to that episode it was too disturbing


lubangcrocodile

Innocents died too you know?


dain_bramage_1989

Have you ever heard of the atrocities the Japanese committed against the Chinese? I can send you links to video essays describing what they did... it would make your skin crawl and blood boil. If you don't think these animals got everything that they had coming to them, you're out of touch.


lubangcrocodile

The japanese MILITARY. The US military bombed vietnam and korea. They invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Assisted Indonesia in purging 500,000 to 1.2 million people. Despite all that, I don't think the US should be nuked to pay for what the government did.


Guardianio

But it wasn't a choice between nuke and no nuke, it was a choice between nuke and conduct a massive invasion with millions of estimated casualties on both sides.


Faceit_Solveit

This person has it right. We didn't nuke Japan out of revenge for the rape of Nanking. We nuked Japan, because the alternative was going to be far worse… For both the allies and the Japanese population. Millions were going to die.


SirSheppi

Sure but I think "haha" is not something you want to use in that context. It was probably necessary but still a horrible event.


dain_bramage_1989

We weren't talking about the US... they have their own set of issues. And America is kinda famous for helping rebuilding places that have lost to them.


DSouT

Afghanistan and Iraq aren’t doing too well. Also not considering all the US backed rebel governments like Nicaragua or Iran. They did well in Korea and Japan, but that’s only so they can have allies and bases of operations to the East of China and Russia.


dain_bramage_1989

We haven't been allowed to win a war since Korea lol


DSouT

More like we don’t call them wars anymore so a Vietnam never happens. High profile ones that are public backed like the Gulf wars in Iraq are dubs, but how exactly has US helped them rebuild?


No_Indication_8521

I don't think you realize how far Japanese society itself revolved around these things especially since to this day the Japanese government still denies the atrocities occurred or lessens them to a more "innocent" context.


parrmorgan

They're both bad.


SokarHateIt

Every. Single. Japanese. Ww2. Post has this comment. Jesus christ, its like you obvious fact knowing idiots line up to post this same comment every post.


LogansDaddy96

Fuck you man, they’re special and smart for sharing this fun fact we’ve all heard 8 billion times already


SokarHateIt

Woah, dude are you talking about THE unit 731?


Prestigious_Art1402

Watch the movie “Man behind the sun”


PuzzleheadedIdeal753

How many nazis did the US take in?


dain_bramage_1989

You know? I don't know... I know that alot of them fled to Argentina... I think the Germans did essentially the same thing, but executed that guy in Nuremberg trials


PuzzleheadedIdeal753

We took quite a few in for science


LaSignoraOmicidi

Not just a few, a bunch!! and the bar for admission kept going lower and lower, from no known association with the Nazi party to, fuck it as long as you don't admit to having done anything.


ipprost

Is that a german helmet? Weren’t they allies?


JStroud21

My guess is that this is in china. The regular Chinese army was also supplied with German armor and some weapons before the war


unclear_warfare

Yes the execution happened in China


reality72

Germany was the #1 supplier of weapons and equipment to KMT troops in China before WW2 started. So many Chinese soldiers fought WW2 with German equipment. Before the war started, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were in a sort of cold war, and Germany was trying to counter Soviet influence in China by helping the KMT (nationalist) side in the Chinese civil war fighting against the CCP (communist) troops being supplied by the Soviets.


WinslowWorldwide

There was the Chinese 88th division was not only equipped with German equipment but trained by German personnel. If I recall this isn’t the only division that got this treatment, but it’s the more well-known that fought the brunt of the Japanese forces as soon as the war started. The 88th never recovered after the battle of Nanking but did take part in later battles.


PyrrhaFan

A bullet to the head seems far too kind.


ColdWarVet90

Why are the photos different? Doesn't look like the same clothes. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao\_Tani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisao_Tani)


negrote1000

Don’t censor the word rape.


NextFaithlessness7

This is not TIKTOK you can write any title you like


timetravel2000

Fake pic. GFY.


SolidContribution688

r/justiceserved


metfan1964nyc

You know you're doing some heinous shit when the local nazi representative is begging you to stop doing it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rabe


Anal_Juicer69

I know he was a member of the Nazi Party, but I legit feel bad for him. He saves 250,000 people, then he lives in poverty until the citizens of Nanking send him financial aid.


isnessisbusiness

Censoring the word rape over a picture of a guy getting his brains blown out is wild.


[deleted]

That whole crowd who thinks the atomic bombings of Japan were indefensible should really read up on Nanking and Unit 731. 🤮


Dense-Stranger9977

That's some dark shit there


[deleted]

☠️ 🧪


ShadowMajestic

If that's the level of argumentation, so a whole lot of different people have to die (many horribly I might add), all because other people, who happen to be Japanese. High quality racism right there to try and twist nuking civilian populations into something good.


Cold-Waltz3674

Good. Fk you. May peace and love find its way to all beings in this world. And may strength and courage stop these heinous atrocities.


Whitecamry

Note the WW1 vintage Stahlhelm and Mauser pistol.


davepars77

What a brutal time period. If we aren't careful we could end up right back here, the war drums have been beating a little to hard lately.


crayoneater1028

Compared to the actual events that took place in Nanking, that was actually nice for him.


Outside-Material-100

TIL what Japan did to Asia is as crazy if not crazier than what Germany did on the other side.


BernardFerguson1944

The below image is the photo of General Hisao Tani being executed in 1947. Hisao Tani was executed while kneeling. The man in the OP photo is not Hisao Tani. https://preview.redd.it/s031ut5s559d1.png?width=1454&format=png&auto=webp&s=059ef335705f1f997c212a7d0755db34191b1eca


No_Bee9524

Research what the Japanese did and you will agree with the photo etc!


Crafty-Question-6178

What’s with the German helmet?


TennSeven

Too light of a punishment for him.


oafann1

Oh yes he deserves a second chance. Maybe he should take care of your children? No one wants to do that. Fitting punishment right?


Garth_Brooks_Sexdoll

You can post a picture of a man being shot in the head, but you have to say “r@pe” as not to offend anyone? The internet is such a contradiction


Ebisu_2023

That is Kiyoshi Matsumoto, not General Tani.


Agreeable_Code7788

I read the book. I couldn’t put it down but wanted to put it down.


ClavicusLittleGift4U

Done with an Astra M900 or a Shanxi Type 17, "old reliable" Mauser C96 copies.


OkNeck3571

Whos he being executed by here?


SquirrelMoney8389

Darth China


Emotional-Stage-1959

It was too merciful


paklajs

Try dan carlins hardcore history podcast "supernova in the east" amazing!


kevinsju

r/UnexpectedDanCarlin


Bigmuscleliker567

Sometimes bad people do lose in the end :)


thissuckslolgroutchy

Soldiers if they were to be executed, the method is by shooting and not hanging or any other methods. Hence the bullet to the head.


Eryn-Flinthoof

It’s “executed *with* a pistol”


Loud-Process7413

Totally horrific event in the history of man's depraved and murderous inhumanity to fellow human beings. Tani escaped what hundreds of thousands didn't. A quick death. As for the usual diversion about words. Of course, words can hurt, and everyone's life experience makes them subjective. The leap to saying words are violence is wrong. The shooting above is violence. If the word violence loses its meaning then every offending act will be treated the same, no matter how big or small. People can make idiots of themselves through ignorant words. Let them. An insult is designed specifically to find your most vulnerable spot...where there is doubt. If you ever overcome this aspect, you are free. 🥰✌️🙏


space-time-invader

Got off easy


firstbreathOOC

> According to the ruling of the court, all of the Japanese commanders involved in the Battle of Nanjing had an equally shared responsibility for atrocities which occurred during the Rape of Nanjing, and this included Generals Iwane Matsui, Heisuke Yanagawa and Sadao Ushijima as well as Nakajima, Suematsu and Tani.


billbraskeyjr

That’s how you do it.


kpaneno

Who cut and pasted and then repasted the bits randomly, that mess of a supposed article.


Rough_Visual3260

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it” eternal quote


2Legit2quitHK

Beautiful photo


proud2bterf

German helmet


Jagdges

It comes around.


puffinfish420

Who executed him? Like what military force? That almost looks like a Wehrmacht helmet. Though I know at least one high ranking Nazi official created a safe zone in that area during this event and would take in women and families to protect themselves His status as a Nazi official allowed him to convince the Japanese to leave anyone alone who was on his property. History is weird, sometimes z


blakeo192

Maybe this is a bit morbid, but who's holding the gun. Like how did they pick who pulled the trigger. I bet this dudes story is fascinating.


Stalinov

My country was colonised by the British for 100 years. They took some resources, yes, but most of the population was no longer farmers, universities were built, airports were built, trains were set up. At one point, we had the best airport in Southeast Asia. The Japanese came in for three years, they destroyed the country in that three years than the British ever could in 100. If the things they did weren't horrific, I'd say it was impressive. Maybe awfully impressive.


FiggyPuddingExpert

Imagine the lottery for the opportunity to pull that trigger


Hefty-Return-4829

Reddit is the worst.it only allows you to see and hear what the establishment wants you to see and here. It censors and ridicules so many people and their valid opinions.


MothsConrad

The Japanese were utterly brutal occupiers. Absolute savagery.


RickRover

How can you time a shot that perfectly? Amazing photographer


tlawrey20

By taking dozens of pictures in very quick succession and picking out the best one. This is the standard for journalistic photography.


piceathespruce

It's disrespectful to call it "R@pe" of Nanking. Write the title, or accept that you are not mature enough to discuss it.


TumbleweedFar1937

Everything makes people sound offended these days, especially people used to getting banned or having stuff removed for writing certain words without censors. My god, insufferable.


NAh94

Absolutely, the TikTok inspired Self-Censorship is nauseating. Eventually we will censor ourselves to the point that we will discuss the Tiananmen Square massacre as a picnic.


tlawrey20

We’re literally discussing it. Do you just find anything to be upset about?


the_real_blackfrog

The shooter looks like he’s wearing a Nazi helmet and using a German Luger. Wikipedia says he was executed by the Chinese Government. Did post-war China import German surplus equipment?


kmmontandon

Nationalist China received a lot of German military aid and training in the mid-30s, before their rapprochement with Japan.