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[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's the 1989 Tiemaman square Tank Man picture and Xi Jinping as Whinnie the Pooh, images commonly censored in China as one of them demonstrates clear oppression and the other discredits the CCP.

[-] Venus@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago

Oppression is when you stand in the way of a tank and the tank stops for you, and then you climb on top of the tank and have a conversation with the guy in the tank, and then you walk off completely unharmed

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[-] Venus@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

(This was copy pasted from Reddit)

Sorry my dietician told me to stay away from reddit-logo

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The first two links have plenty on them though and aren't from Reddit and I can go to archive the rest for you

[-] Venus@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

You believe ridiculous yeonmi-park-tier propaganda about hosing bodies down drains lmao, you have absolutely nothing to offer any discussion.

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I understand if you don't want to see. It's very disturbing stuff, and deeply offensive to those who love Xi Jinping thought.

[-] PandaBearGreen@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

We've seen it and we've seen the alternative narrative. We tend to disagree with the US and their propaganda machine. Maybe you should question why you would believe them too? When has US propaganda lied?

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Lmao you're literally using Reddit as a source!
Not a single journalist who was on the square that day saw anything akin to the accusations happening. The only corpses in the square were those of lynched police officers and army members.
The tianamen square incident - as it is thought of in china - is in fact not supressed, but taught of.
The video of Tank Man is a video of a military unit showing incredible restraint - something you cannot find the equivalent for in "good" countries like the United States, where protesters are run over by cops daily.

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Crushed protestors were washed down drains with hoses

Hey, did those protestors have bones? Were they wearing clothes? Do you have the first clue about how the human body and/or physics work?

[-] RedDawn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

There were actually numerous western reporters in the square and they all say nobody died there, some of them sent off diplomatic cables the same or the next day saying so, which were released by Wikileaks.

[-] Bakzik@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

Oh, so @CookieJarObserver is using the racist Whinnie the Pooh insult.

hitler-detector

As always. Scratch a liberal and a fascist/racist bleeds.

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You realize that this picture originated from Chinese social media right?

[-] Bakzik@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Things can undergo a transformation, just because the original usage might have been innocent. If something starts being used by white racists or western imperialists in a racist way, would ya look at that, it’s racist.

Also, it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability. Like you are doing now.

And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Peril

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You may be in different circles than me. In my circles, it is used to poke fun at Xi Jinping, not the Chinese people. It is a caricature, just as we draw caricature of our own politicians. Despite the CCP's attempts, Westerners distinguish between race and state. Xi Jinping is not China and China is not Xi Jinping.

[-] Bakzik@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

There are lot's of ways to criticize a political figure or a government. But you choose the racist caricature.

Back to point 2: it’s covert racism. It gives people plausible deniability.

But, at the end of the day, westerners imperialists love their orientalism and their covert racism.

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

You do realize the only reason why people keep sharing it is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate it, so people like me share it because it's funny to see their reaction

[-] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

I think you should undergo the Barbara Pit effect

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Winnie the Pooh isn't censored in China though, so what even is the point except to equate an Asian man with a yellow cartoon figure?

[-] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You do realize the only reason why people keep sharing racism is because of the Barbra Streisand effect. People loyal to Xi Jinping thought hate racism, so people like me share racism because it's funny to see their reaction

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

You are saying an Asian person looks like a yellow cartoon bear. Can you not see how that implication is racist?

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And you realise that watermelons originated in Africa, right?

You realise that the origin of something doesn't determine the depictions of it supporting racist stereotypes, such as a vast array of disgustingly racist caricatures of black people eating watermelons isn't absolved by the fact that watermelons originated in Africa, right?

[-] 420LetPobedy@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you ever seen the complete tank man video? he doesn't get run over, while in the authoritarian US state vehicles are often running into peaceful protestors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-W-7WPWfE4

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[-] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

How dare those tanks not run over that man! Don't they understand that freedom is when you just plow into people like US security forces do.

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