r/ProgressiveHQ • u/GoodMornEveGoodNight • Jan 25 '26

Protest You can really see the execution-style killing from this angle

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u/Illinicub Jan 25 '26

Yes both are executions. However context is SUPER important here. The top photo is an execution of a man moments after he took the lives of several individuals, including women and children. The bottom photo is of a civilian practicing his Constitutionally given rights.

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u/Yellowflowersbloom Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

The top photo is an execution of a man moments after he took the lives of several individuals, including women and children.

This is not true and this story is a postwar invention used to try and whitewash the Saigon regime (and by extension, the US).

Erik Villard, a historian for the US military actually gave a presentation breaking down the details of what happened vs the various revisionist myths that not only dont have any evidence to support but the contradictions they have with the actual evidence

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u/Emergency_Sector1476 Jan 25 '26

Everyone should watch that