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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmao just got banned from a shitload of lemmy.ml for calling a certain someone Winnie. Badge of honour

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ayup. Must upset them terribly they can't disappear people irl

Edit: context was a post about xi proclaiming housing wasn't an investment. I asked why so many mainlander chinese were squirreling their money away in foreigh real estate markets to keep it out of dear winnie's hands then. Oooh they did not like that. I was Racist!. Sksksks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You weren't being racist, China is not a race, it's a country.

And I was stunned reading this, stunned but not surprised. https://aussie.zone/post/15166017

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

oh I know I wasn't' being racist. Simply stating a fact (although it's one of many ways people are squirreling funds into international safety nets). They don't like those.