Its like Hillary walking into a working class kitchen for the first time.
They’ve been shielded from even critical support of China and other AES for so long they literally, not figuratively, literally cannot process that people exist that have beliefs that aren’t Reddit Approved. They immediately assume it’s bots or wumao. Human beings can’t possibly hold these beliefs, so they must be Oriental hordes or actual robots.
Tell me about it :(. I hope you’re proud of yourself, it’s really hard to even try and hold yourself to that kind of standard.
The occasional breeze through a liberal arts class that my friends are like ‘What the fuck does any of this even mean?’ satisfies my ego enough to sustain me, lol. Thanks though, I appreciate it! Best of luck to you as well and solidarity!