In Communist North Korea, the people are distracted by xenophobic propaganda and unable to realize they are being oppressed
In Communist North Korea, the people are distracted by xenophobic propaganda and unable to realize they are being oppressed
Chinese person: “You guys should probably take action and stop this.”
Liberals as they are being lined up against the wall by fascist paramilitaries on orders of Supreme-President Generalissimo Tom Cotton for the charge of being last seen interacting with a Trans person: “But the Uyghurs-!”
(I swear, after this, if I see the word “whataboutism” once, I’m going to flip a table)
I hate being called a CCP shill for suggesting we focus on our own problems
I never ever defend China, I literally just point out shit is falling apart here lol
USAnos have a weird blindness to their own issues
I never ever defend China
:disgost:
suggesting we focus on our own problems
this is actually a soviet ussr tactic invented by Karl Marx to try to force the conversation to be about problems that actually exist, I forgot the word for it.
I thought that was a periodic table at first.
whataboutism whataboutism whataboutism
Whataboutism, but said like how Hank Hill would
:Bwaaa: Hwataboutism
:le-pol-face: "Chinese people hate freedom and they hate you."
:gigachad: "Hi! I'm a Chinese communist! I will use my Twitter account to stick up for Americans, who are losing their freedom because of a neo-clergy.
:le-pol-face: "Muh Uyghurs! Never mind that I have been demanding genocide of Muslims on /pol/ for about a decade!"