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Also, they consider anybody of Chinese ethnicity to be 'their people'. Even if you've not been to China ever in your life. Fuck pooh bear
Edit: I see the hexbear brigade has arrived
Winnie the Pooh isn't illegal in China. You've been lied to.
They have it backwards, Winnie the Pooh is illegal outside of China, that's why Xi abducted him and forces him to work at Disney Shanghai.
Not sure where I implied in my post that it's illegal in China. Fuck xinnie, if that makes it more understandable for you
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I apologize for being rude to a racist
You shouldn't
The joke is that I don't actually apologize, fuck racists, and a very polite "your actions are cowardly" to the mod that removed my comment
Take a look at my nick. Yes, that's a Chinese name. Are we doing the Jewish antisemitism thing?
As an Asian: I have never once met a single other Asian who thinks the pooh meme is racist. Even the Chinese pro-CCP crowd understands it's targeting Xinnie specifically. I've only ever heard the 'racist' take from white folks defending Xinnie. Thanks for your concern guys, but there's really no need.
Ah, so you were just being racist. Got it.
Take a look at my nick. Yes, that's a Chinese name. Are we doing the Jewish antisemitism thing?
As an Asian: I have never once met a single other Asian who thinks the pooh meme is racist. Even the Chinese pro-CCP crowd understands it's targeting Xinnie specifically. I've only ever heard the 'racist' take from white folks defending Xinnie. Thanks for your concern guys, but there's really no need.
Jayzus.
Tsk Tsk. No religion in China, that'll get you on a list.
What list? The state sponsors religious celebrations, but surely you think they are Potemkin festivals. This sort of cold war bullshit is beneath any decent person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antireligious_campaigns_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party
Why is there so much poverty in Malaysia?
A friend of my girlfriend's family in Malaysia had a literal slave whose passport they confiscated. I remember being there last year and being utterly appalled. This house slave ran away a few months back.
Honestly, Xi would sort your mess of a country out, and no mistake.
Oh there's plenty that sucks about Malaysia, I fully agree. I've never claimed otherwise. In fact I've migrated OUT of Malaysia.
Are there any other whataboutisms you'd like to throw about?
Please point to where I claimed to be able to speak for Chinese citizens everywhere. As per my comment, I was discussing my personal experiences, and the viewpoints of Asian people I've personally known or interacted with. Which, given I'm a Chinese living in Asia, is counted in the thousands.
I'm not American, so I'm not even going to bother with the rest of your whataboutism comment.
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No argument, so you report. That's an admission of fault in itself.
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I've also had folks try to debate whether I'm Chinese since I wasn't born in China. Fun times.
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I'm ashamed even one person fell for this.
Disparaging the government is not discrimination against the people
I've seen no criticism of the government. Just shit slinging.
Shit slinging against what? The government or the people?
Making "Winnie the pooh" and "Xinnie the pooh" comments over and over isn't criticism at all. It's just shit slinging.
Care to explain how calling a person of Asian ancestry Pooh Bear isn't incredibly racist?
Ah yes, Winni the Pooh a well stand-in for Asian people.
Not at all a representation of one person, a certain Xi Jinping, who was the butt of Chinese memes comparing him to the bear, and further reinforced by his governments censorship of Winni the poor relating in the Streisand effect.
Think before you speak Hexbear chud.
Take a look at my nick. Yes, that's a Chinese name. Are we doing the Jewish antisemitism thing?
As an Asian: I have never once met a single other Asian who thinks the pooh meme is racist. Even the Chinese pro-CCP crowd understands it's targeting Xinnie specifically. I've only ever heard the 'racist' take from white folks defending Xinnie. Thanks for your concern guys, but there's really no need
Extremely interesting that the people who say this always start with "As an Asian" and not "As a Chinese person". Being Asian doesn't give you any special experience on Sinophobia just as being a Frenchman or a Brit doesn't give a person any special experience on anti-Ziganism or European Islamaphobia (except maybe as a perpetrator).
What do you mean, I often start conversations by saying 'As an Afro-Eurasian from America'.
who brought up race first tho
Did the first sentence of my reply not already state that I'm Chinese? It's literally my nick!
I'd like to see you make a meme of Obama and Tigger then...
I've met several Asian people, online and offline, who consider it racist to compare an Asian person to a yellow-colored cartoon character.
well I haven't
It's the hexbear brigade. Both, with some state actors sprinkled in for flavour
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