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David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents (www.bbc.com)

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[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

In communist China they jail anyone that is exposing the state of commiting war crimes

[–] welldraught@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

But he only exposed some specific soldiers right?(not the state) And why should china be the reference?

[–] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Carl marks is being sarcastic. A common anti-communist talking point is saying [communist country] is bad because they jail political dissidents when the west is just as willing

[–] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His comment missed this yeonmi-park

[–] robinnn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

He exposed the state by revealing info they covered it up.