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I didn't say it was better. I can't speak for the commenter, but I imagine it's in relation to the mass amount of misinformation spread about what happened in 1989, like the widespread myth that Tank Man was run over.
Personally, I think it's important to both recognize the state violence and also acknowledge how Western Countries have propagandized the event beyond what actually happened.
Additionally, I do think it's important to recognize that other massacres have happened in US-allied states like South Korea. The 1980 Gwangju Massacre is almost unheard of in western countries despite western estimates for civilians killed being higher. I didn't see any commemoration on its anniversary last month.
It's more to highlight how historical events have been exaggerated and minimized based on what is convinient for the media, you can see this minimization happening in Gaza right now.
The difference is the gwangju massacre isn't regularly suppressed and denied by the country in which it occurred. You won't get arrested in south Korea for publicly mourning at the memorial.