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[–] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

Very fair. They always insist that people in China really like the CCP but I’ve never found that to be true. Having lived in a city with a very large Chinese diaspora I found that people generally really didn’t like the CCP. But maybe theres some selection effect going on there? The people who didnt like the CCP are the ones who left? Im not sure.

Either way, those guys on lemmy.ml are really intense. You say one thing they don’t like and they’ll just come at you like a pack of dogs and fling insult after insult your way. Source: I accidentally said something moderately supportive of NATO without realizing I was in an .ml community yesterday. It was a trip

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    It has always fascinated me how a bunch of people who have never been to China, and who don't speak the language have such confident opinions about Chinese politics. It's the exact same racist paternalism they constantly accuse liberals of, but with a triple dose of fart huffing.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I actually have been to China, fwiw. I also didn’t express any strong opinions about China in my comment

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    So part of the reason for that is .ml and hexbear are pretty much the only instances blocked by the great firewall. So .ml users who go to China can either jump instances or use a vpn/hk-based esim to post.

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