> post a controversial, but polite comment in a thread
> get a lot of downvotes
> change your comment calling out users that downvote you
> get even more downvotes
> start arguing with some the reddit hive mind replies
> you can only reply once every 15 minutes because of the downvotes
> frustration increases
> get your comment deleted because you call someone's comment idiotic
> subreddit mods notice and remove all your other comments and ban you
> 🙃
I’m Chinese, so why shouldn’t I be offended when people hurl baseless insults at my birthplace?
As for the “baseless” part: Most of the shit the West says about China are either without any good evidence has been debunked. See https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/da19302634394d2cb77bc86f19997b2173d5531f/socialism_faq.md#on-mao-maoism-and-marxism-leninism-maoism-and-the-prc and https://lemmy.ml/post/47231, both with linked sources to back up their claims.
On the other hand I love it because it is a country which has come a long way towards equality and made some positive changes.
My feelings towards China are similar. I have enormous respect for the country and it’s people and its many different fascinating cultures.
But that doesn’t mean I will forgive a genocide any more than I forgive the UK for imperialism, especially when they are ongoing!
In Hong Kong, China is trying to destroy democracy because they want control, it’s extremely obvious.
Why would China’s government do good things? What motivation would they have exactly? It’s just as bad as any capitalist business, power goes to their head
Like your racist royal family?
Like all the stupid shit that Boris Johnson has said?
Like the complete disaster that is Brexit?
Like completely fucking up your COVID response? You know there’s a problem when countries half as wealthy as yours are doing better.
Like suppressing protesters, like you say China does? https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/04/kill-the-bill-protests-across-the-uk-over-new-bill-to-give-police-more-powers
Are you even reading my comments? I detest boris johnson and the royal family, I’m a republican socialist.
The Covid stuff is more complicated, we have bad numbers due to government incompetence and reluctance to enact lockdowns, but in terms of testing and vaccinations we are doing well, and at this stage far better than our neighbours in Europe
What’s wrong with it exactly? It links mostly to Western media.
Yet you’re “seriously naive enough” to take what the West says about China for what it is? The West has been in competition with China since the goddamn Opium Wars, yet you just trust that everything they say is objective?
I think the fact that the most powerful MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES have spoken out IN APPROVAL of China’s treatment of the people of Xinjiang (why would they do that if Muslims are being mistreated?) speaks volumes.
The World Bank, an extremely Western organization, doesn’t seem to think there’s anything going on either, but Western media has been suspiciously silent on this. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/statement/2019/11/11/world-bank-statement-on-review-of-project-in-xinjiang-china
Do you need motivation to do good things? In that case, the entire world must be absolutely filled with assholes.
Or are you insinuating that Chinese people are naturally opposed to doing good things unless there’s something in it for them (presumably while Westerners are naturally altruistic)? I actually see this “argument” floating around occasionally on places like Reddit.
It links to things which are no more believable than the propaganda from the US and UK. Why should I believe any of them?
I don’t take what the west says about china and believe it. US media is a complete shitfest. But it really isn’t hard to believe, based on the thousands of reports from muslims, and the secrecy of the Chinese authorities, as well as their global approach to criticism.
I am motivated not by a trust in the West but by a distrust in the CCP
Yes, well-known for being reliable and giving a shit about human rights…?
That report you linked to seems to be about aspecific set of funding, not about the situation in Xinjiang as a whole.
Individuals motivate themselves to do good things. Organisations never do, and the CCP is an organisation. They are extremely powerful, and accountable to no-one. Their only responsibility is to destroy any threat to their power.
The West is the same. Thanks to the nightmarish capitalist system we have, it’s a dog-eat-dog, selfish part of the world.
The irony of you saying this is that I’m not saying the west is good, while YOU are saying China is good. So why are the CCP inherently good when every other organisation on the planet is riddled with corruption???
It’s very sad to me that the Admins here are CCP sympathisers, but I don’t care because at least they aren’t US fanatic idiots like on Reddit
It’s just common sense… China has massive online censorship, no democracy, and a history of violence against its own people. People who think the CCP are a force for good are as pathetic as those who think the CIA are
Tell me this: have you ever been to China? Have you ever talked to their people? Have you ever met a Hong Kong or Xinjiang resident and had a sit down chat with them?
If not, you’re just regurgitating what the West has taught you. And it’s quite bold of you to think that the West isn’t suppressing evidence against their lies.
Stop using phrases like “it’s common sense” or “you’re naive if…” if you want to have a serious discussion about this.
Yes, I know a number of people from Hong Kong, as it has historical ties with the UK. Xinjiang is not a community I have ever come into contact with.
The West has its propaganda, but it does have free press, unlike China, and the internet is uncensored. The same sources which tell me about the atrocities in Xinjiang which you inexplicably deny are the ones who taught me about the horrors of the British empire. My sources are not biased because they recognise flaws in both parts of the world.