I understood your initial comment to be very dismissive without arguments so that’s why i downvoted and commented assuming bad faith on your part. Sorry for that
S’alright. I probably could have communicated more clearly. My particular pet peeve is the reversal of how news should be reported.
Should: Gather facts. Report them in story.
Does: Decide on story. Gather facts that support.
Living in China in particular it’s absolutely maddening watching that work in obvious service to the drums of war, so I get a bit pissy.
Living in China in particular it’s absolutely maddening watching that work in obvious service to the drums of war, so I get a bit pissy.
I have the same sentiment when you see all those stories about Huawei doing the very same things western companies are doing but getting blamed for it (not the others), or when i saw the racist discourse mounting up surrounding the coronavirus, blaming barbaric cultural standards were responsible for the epidemic (while all studies concur industrial capitalism is to blame for lesser resiliency against epidemics).
I can assure you i’m not rolling those drums of war. I crossposted this story from /c/Vegan because it was about China and the story, although told from a western perspective, could open eyes to an aspect of chinese society few people in the global north know about. I mean people around here barely know what tofu is beyond a kind of bland cheese.
As an anarchist, i’m an internationalist, i will never favor military aggression against a foreign nation, and i promote the unity of revolutionaries across the globe to topple their masters. I could also have made that more clear.
I have the same sentiment when you see all those stories about Huawei doing the very same things western companies are doing but getting blamed for it (not the others), or when i saw the racist discourse mounting up surrounding the coronavirus, blaming barbaric cultural standards were responsible for the epidemic (while all studies concur industrial capitalism is to blame for lesser resiliency against epidemics).
Now factor in that I live in Wuhan and you’ll understand why that racist discourse in particular has me nursing a desire to go on a rampage with an aluminium baseball bat in certain circles.
I can appreciate that! But let’s try not to assume bad faith on everyone’s part ;)
Also i should probably warn you since you reside in Wuhan, some discussions we have here on lemmy.ml may very well trigger some uncomfortable questioning/detention by the political police. Given the views you have expressed so far, you probably don’t have anything to fear, but you should still be aware of this risk. /c/Anarchism, in particular is the kind of community that can get you jailed/killed in some regions (not just China though). If you’re interested about Chinese anarchism in particular, i heard some great stuff about Ba Jin, although i could only find the Party-approved censored versions of his books. They were still a good read but not remotely as interesting as the original versions from what i read. Take care
S’alright. I probably could have communicated more clearly. My particular pet peeve is the reversal of how news should be reported.
Should: Gather facts. Report them in story. Does: Decide on story. Gather facts that support.
Living in China in particular it’s absolutely maddening watching that work in obvious service to the drums of war, so I get a bit pissy.
I have the same sentiment when you see all those stories about Huawei doing the very same things western companies are doing but getting blamed for it (not the others), or when i saw the racist discourse mounting up surrounding the coronavirus, blaming barbaric cultural standards were responsible for the epidemic (while all studies concur industrial capitalism is to blame for lesser resiliency against epidemics).
I can assure you i’m not rolling those drums of war. I crossposted this story from /c/Vegan because it was about China and the story, although told from a western perspective, could open eyes to an aspect of chinese society few people in the global north know about. I mean people around here barely know what tofu is beyond a kind of bland cheese.
As an anarchist, i’m an internationalist, i will never favor military aggression against a foreign nation, and i promote the unity of revolutionaries across the globe to topple their masters. I could also have made that more clear.
Now factor in that I live in Wuhan and you’ll understand why that racist discourse in particular has me nursing a desire to go on a rampage with an aluminium baseball bat in certain circles.
I can appreciate that! But let’s try not to assume bad faith on everyone’s part ;)
Also i should probably warn you since you reside in Wuhan, some discussions we have here on lemmy.ml may very well trigger some uncomfortable questioning/detention by the political police. Given the views you have expressed so far, you probably don’t have anything to fear, but you should still be aware of this risk. /c/Anarchism, in particular is the kind of community that can get you jailed/killed in some regions (not just China though). If you’re interested about Chinese anarchism in particular, i heard some great stuff about Ba Jin, although i could only find the Party-approved censored versions of his books. They were still a good read but not remotely as interesting as the original versions from what i read. Take care