BrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News · 2 years agoBiden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictatorwww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down13cross-posted to: usanews@beehaw.orgglobalnews@vlemmy.net
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkBiden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictatorwww.politico.comBrikoX@vlemmy.net to World News · 2 years agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: usanews@beehaw.orgglobalnews@vlemmy.net
minus-squareorbit@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 years agoA challenge yes, but hard to see as an insult by the audience as while the term isn’t flattering in a modern context it’s closer to how Xi has aligned himself.
minus-squareAlgeriaWorblebot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI see the insult less in the word itself than in its usage despite express policy to the opposite.
A challenge yes, but hard to see as an insult by the audience as while the term isn’t flattering in a modern context it’s closer to how Xi has aligned himself.
I see the insult less in the word itself than in its usage despite express policy to the opposite.