Apparently “nationalism is bad” is an uncivil take. Unless there’s another reason someone would ban this comment… 🤔

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Lmao

    Try this:

    Criticizing the US, Russia, Israel, and Hamas all in one go, gets banned anyways.

    Edit: Btw, those Chinese students aren’t necessary “brainwashed”.

    There’s a chinese idiom called: 隔墙有耳 (Literally meaning: There’s an ear on the other side of the wall)

    They know everyone is watching and listening, so they don’t feel safe speaking what they actually believe, especially not in public.

    People criticize the government all the time, behind close doors with people you know.

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          3 months ago

          Ever notice how they frequently respond in pairs as well? Wherever you see one spewing bullshit Marxist quotes and libraries worth of links, you’ll find the other.

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    3 months ago

    American nationalism is bad because it’s an empire. That take is allowed.

    Chinese nationalism, however, is good because it’s also an empire.

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    3 months ago

    Ahhh. The vague and often confusingly unexplainable “Rule 1” violation on .ml that all the minions residing there always seem to find a way to pretend doesn’t exist when their beloved shithole of an instance’s strapped down oppressive bias is under attack.

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    I dated a Chinese student at university. She seemed alright until somehow the topic of Tibet came up, and then she went full tankie describing how the Tibetan people were nearly subhuman, living terrible lives with no ability to care for themselves.

    I’ve heard people say similar shit about indigenous Americans and yeah I think it’s safe to say that you cannot understate the dangers of propaganda and nationalism.

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      Ain’t no racism like Asian racism. I lived with a Chinese buddy of mine for almost 10 years. He said American racism has nothing on Asian racism. Some of the Chinese and Japanese people legitimately despise each other. Long history of atrocities between them.

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          My extended family is German and British. I am well aware how the gypsies are thought of by many over there.

          I have lost track of how many times I have brought up gypsies when they are taking about how racist Americans are and then suddenly “it’s different”. They literally don’t even look at it the same way. That’s some wild shit.

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    3 months ago

    I got banned for saying China and the DPRK are oppressive regimes and that Ukraine has a right to exist because I violated “rule 1”. The irony lmao

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    3 months ago

    Ah yes good ol Rule 1 “Bigotry” the classic .ml go-to

    Whenever you bring up the bans though the more prominent .ml users will proclaim that people mostly get banned for “bigotry” on .ml and there’s definitely no problem with opposing viewpoints.

    This is the “bigotry” they speak of

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