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[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Whataboutism. Nobody said America and China can't both be bad.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not even whatabouting, this does suck, its generally not good to arrest journalists and if you're going to you should have good communication and evidence, cause otherwise it looks bad no matter how legitimate it may potentially be, its just damaging to your credibility and easy to take advantage of by bad faith actors like the western press

Seein this made me think of Leonard, he's been in there for 40 years, I think of him whenever I hear a news story like this

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

"That sucks" was clearly sarcastic/downplaying it as no big deal in your original comment.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

thought-terminating cliché says what

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Except that they're not both bad, that's just something Americans keep repeating.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

bad or not, china is definitely less bad than America, its not even close

[–] unions@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know this isn't about China, right? Your obsession with posting about how amazing ANOTHER COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT is? Another friday night creating posts and commenting to anyone who mentions China? You see how that's sad and not normal, right?

This isn't about the CCP or changing minds. It's about you and I hope you can see that. We can. It's about giving you an identity and a purpose and bathing in the notoriety of being one of the most prolific posters on a tiny little server called Lemmygrad. I always feel sad for you when I see you out there simping for a government body, but then I see your smugness and rudeness and I feel less bad.

Hopefully you won't be an old nan yelling at clouds forever.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

You're right, it's not about China at all, it's me having to read ignorant drivel from arrogant Americans. You've created one of the most deplorable societies in the history of the human race, and a bunch of you are running around bleating about how everyone else is just as bad. Clearly you don't see how sad and not normal that is. What's really sad is that I live rent free in your head.

[–] CatholicSocialist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)