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does sh.itjust.works allow criticism of CCP? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by wriggly3171@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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I have seen that the lemmy.ml mods will openly ban discussion about the CCP. I am wondering if the sh.itjust.works team allows criticism of government bodies, while still banning racism.

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[-] upperleft@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

The Chinese Communist Party is absolutely not above criticism, but I always found the China obsession on reddit to be odd. While I don't think it should be banned outright, I think y'all ought to consider what is motivating such a weird fetish (because frankly that is) for a specific government.

[-] kukkurovaca@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

I'm not a tankie and have no love for the government of China (or any government) but there is an extent to which criticism of China is deployed by xenophobes and nazis as a kind of socially acceptable rallying call or dog whistle. So, I'm all for criticizing China, but remember the allegory of the crustpunk bar

https://twitter.com/IamRageSparkle/status/1280892535024619522

[-] cocobean@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

The CCP is literally rounding people up, putting them in camps, harvesting their organs, and working them to death. Wouldn't they be the nazi in that story?

[-] kukkurovaca@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I'm referring to literal nazis, it's not a figure of speech.

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