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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, but Rednote censorship is bad because ~communism~ whilst Twitter's censorship is fine because it's the 100% Capitalist Free Market situation of a billionaire buying (using, amongst others, money from a Petro State) a privatelly owned forum for exchange of ideas and then shutting down any ideas he doesn't like.

/s

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, their censorship is cruel and tragic.

But our censorship is cheeky and fun.

/s because unfortunately it's necessary

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Chinese shenanigans

[–] [email protected] 331 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's possible for platforms under the influence of the Chinese government and right wing American billionaires to both have harmful censorship.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's what the whattaboutism implies.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

they only showed that American social media isn't any better

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Person talking about how the neighbour's yard is such a mess and then somebody else pointing out that their own yard is just as much as a mess is pointing out the hypocrisy of that person, rather than whataboutism.

Whataboutism is the reverse - it's when somebody points out your yard is a mess and you point out that the neighbour's yard is also a mess.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago

But... But... the Tankies told me I had to choose!

What do you mean right wing America bad and China also bad?! But which team are you on then?! Someone tell me which crimes to excuse and which to condemn! /s

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I am sure cisgender (ι‘Ίζ€§εˆ«) and other genders are at least shadow-banned on red note. Honestly, I have not heard this word for my entire Chinese-speaking life, until one of my LGBT friend mentioned it.

Everyone knows China is a progressive communist/socialist country that recognizes genders :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've come across plenty of LGBT content on REDnote in my short time so far

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

That is interesting. I am genuinely curious, are these by Chinese people in Mandarin/Cantonese, or your fellow "refugee"?

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

You should really use /s, almost missed it.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That was the point of the reply wasn't it? Maybe I assume too much of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's hard to take any apologists for the CCP seriously even if they make a good point.

That user is being hypocritical by using Twitter while bashing censorship, but it would be the cultural equivalent to praising Biden or Trump for never drinking and somebody comes along and praises Hitler for also not drinking. You should not praise Hitler even if it is true.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Nah, the point of the reply was supposed to be "America bad", despite most of us clearly recognizing "Elon bad".

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

I interpreted it as:

haha Chinese censorship

Right here too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The reply just pointed out the hypocrisy of the original poster.

(As in "here you are a willing participant in a forum were censorship is just as bad complaining about how there is this other forum were censorship is bad")

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

more like "America isn't much better"

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