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minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·10 hours agoI can say the same for China
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·10 hours agoExcept you literally can’t.
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·10 hours agoThe government that actively tries to censor elements of news from their citizens. Yeah buddy, sure thing.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoI said “Living in the US is sufficient cause to distrust its government.” You replied: “I can say the same for China” I replied: “Except you literally can’t.” Meaning you don’t live in China so you can’t make the claim with similar level of authority And then you made the comment I replied to, and I don’t see at all how it is connected to the line of conversation.
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·10 hours agoI guess I can’t because i don’t live in China, but you understand the point of my argument yet choose to play semantics. It’s fine
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoNo, you said something that didn’t make sense.
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·9 hours agoSaying that the Chinese government censors news from their citizens and attempts to spread propaganda about themselves to the outside world doesn’t make sense to you?
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·9 hours agoThe point is you’re making an unsourced claim which doesn’t align with the topic of conversation.
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·9 hours agoSucking up to the Chinese like a true tankie. Intellectualism is being able to admit that both the Chinese and US governments are bad actors
I can say the same for China
Except you literally can’t.
The government that actively tries to censor elements of news from their citizens. Yeah buddy, sure thing.
I said
“Living in the US is sufficient cause to distrust its government.”
You replied:
“I can say the same for China”
I replied:
“Except you literally can’t.” Meaning you don’t live in China so you can’t make the claim with similar level of authority
And then you made the comment I replied to, and I don’t see at all how it is connected to the line of conversation.
I guess I can’t because i don’t live in China, but you understand the point of my argument yet choose to play semantics. It’s fine
No, you said something that didn’t make sense.
Saying that the Chinese government censors news from their citizens and attempts to spread propaganda about themselves to the outside world doesn’t make sense to you?
The point is you’re making an unsourced claim which doesn’t align with the topic of conversation.
Sucking up to the Chinese like a true tankie. Intellectualism is being able to admit that both the Chinese and US governments are bad actors