Hi! I read the other comments and I wished to ask further questions and get further narrative about said events. Censorship is a difficult subject to come at, as shown by my post. I think you seem to think I am swaying it one or the other when I don’t think my post came off that way?

Hi! Thank you for the nuanced response! While it is true my knowledge of the protests in tianaman square is obviously not as most of the regulars here I think my primary point is that things are nuanced, especially when speaking about chinese history. While I understand your take of parts of my comment possibly being taken as straws of past liberalism and while that could be possibly true I just think it’s fair to say that every topic is nuanced and should be discussed deeper in order to better the discussion in the future. While I agree that parts of what I said could be tropes or simple misunderstanding or lack of knowledge about said subject (which i’m more than happy to admit lack there of) it seems rather difficult to say it’s as black and white as you seem to be portraying it as? I apologise if I am misunderstand your point given here but that’s just the way i perceived it. I do stand by my previous statement of not falling onto the side of a story which plays best for your ideological view on things as I think it’s very easy to fall into said conformation bias as I know I have as I think we all have intact. I do wish to learn more about these things it’s just it’s remarkably difficult to take things are face value when capitalist media is coming at you from one angle and media given by leftists is at another, both can be self serving in the end, no? I do apologise if some of this came off as negatively charged or passive aggressive I am almost just thinking out loud on this on. Thank you again for your reply :)

I wanted to come in on this and also ask further questions about this, on the point brought up several people there is a undeniable incentive of capitalist media to sway the narrative on a communist nation. However, the narrative driven by the Chinese government (who i think it’s fair to say have a history of being not the nicest) would benefit themselves from a swayed narrative? While I understand some censorship is inevitable (removal of capitalist propaganda and the such) removal of mentions towards the protests in Tiananmen square* would be a overall negative thing as revising history no matter the side it comes from is bad. I personally consider china a deeply flawed nation that has strayed too far from doctrines that bring us all together. * I’m not sure if the claims of censorship regarding people talking about the Tiananmen square are true or not but I feel the evidence brought forward is quite compelling and should not be dismissed. I think that’s the whole point of my argument here is that things are just not black and white. communists, as history has shown, can be horrible and manipulated by the draw of power as much as anyone. Don’t immediately take one route because it fits your personal narrative better, and i know most people here are not doing that but it’s a fair thing to say I feel. Sorry for long comment just wanted to share.

I think it’s pretty simple to just support neither. In the end both are just fascists in different colours.