Gorilladrums @ Gorilladrums @lemmy.world

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Boy tankies will literally anything out of their ass to justify their false narratives.

No, the reality is that you cannot come up with any examples like this massacre so you're trying to cope with any random thing you slap on. Come back to me when you have an example of the federal government giving direct orders to massacre anything that moves during a massive civilian protest (pro tip: you can't).

Trying to argue that the US today is worse than China today or even back then, is the definition of arguing in bad faith. Just about every index and measurement shows that China is way more authoritarian, and to the CCP human rights isn't even a subject of debate, it's more like a loose guideline that should be applied selectively.

If you really want to get into history, then literally nothing in history matches the insane death toll of communist China. Mao is literally history's biggest killer by a big margin, and his reign has resulted in the worst man made disasters ever. From illegally occupying to Tibet to putting the Uyghurs in "reeducation camps" to stealing islands in the South China sea from the Philippines to massacring civilians peacefully protesting to literal demicides to the worst man made famine in history, and so much more. Your ignorance on the history of China is expected, but also still embarrassing

For the record, unlike you mouthbreathers, I actually acknowledge the bad things the US has done and does, because I actually have principled. I know you don't have any, otherwise you wouldn't be showcasing yourself as a hypocrite and a clown for everyone to see in attempt to distract from a basic criticism of the Chinese government.

You're not a normal person, literally go outside and touch grass.

Normal people have political opinions, they do discuss politics, but that's not their every thought. It might be shocking for you to hear, but people actually have lives outside of arguing about politics. This is true for people all around the world, rich or poor, old or young, male or female. Even in the most dire of circumstances, people find ways to enjoy life and not think about stressful things all the time. Otherwise they would be miserable all the time... like you.

Pointing out the reality is not "tasting the boot", that's just a cop out made by people on this site whenever their shitty opinions get exposed or pushed back. It's a lazy way to dismiss criticism or opinions that contradict their extremely narrow and out of touch worldview. Come back to me when you actually go outside and talk to people from different backgrounds. Until then, you're a zealot.

I literally lived in Iraq and Syria for a big portion of my life, and I spent even more time living in the inner cities of the US. Some braindead Lemmy user trying to accuse me of being privileged from their mother's basement is exactly the type of ignorance that I expect from users on this site.

If people in literal warzones and in poverty can distinguish politics from everything else, then so can everybody else. This idea that people in bad circumstances think about politics 23/7 is not reality. This is an ignorant idea made by ideologues for ideologues. Even during the war in Iraq, people had weddings, they went to visit each other's houses, they celebrated holidays, they talk about trivial things, and so on. Do you know why that's the case? It's because they're people. You clearly don't view them as such, hence you hold on to such an out of touch belief.

Whataboutism is literally the appeal to hypocrisy fallacy. It's a fallacy because the appeal is done in place of a proper argument that addresses the original issue. The very purpose of this fallacy is to distract from the original issue and to dismiss criticism without ever addressing it by bringing up something irrelevant to the topic at hand and accusing others of hypocrisy.

And your assumption is wrong. If you read the article, you'll see that his parents were alive and well at the time, and so were his 8 other siblings. Apparently this kid developed a habit of doing dangerous stunts like this, and father used to severely beat him many times as a way to deter him from doing more stunts in the future. Shockingly, physical abuse didn't work, and he ended up being killed by doing another dangerous stunt in the future.

Actually if you read the article, you would see that this is in fact false, but that won't stop you from spreading misinformation

Don't take this site as a reflection of the world. Lemmy in general is nothing more than a fringe echo chamber on the internet.

When somebody supports said "bad" countries, they'll view any instance of these countries being called out for any shitty actions as hypocrisy. What this actually shows is that these people are in fact hypocrites themselves. If they were principled, then they would've acknowledged the shitty actions of whatever country is pointed out and moved on. Instead, they go on they go on the brainless rants that are filled with fallacies to distract from the original issue and dismiss criticism, misinformation, and endless crying about how the country being called out is a victim for the atrocity they committed. These rants don't change the reality of the issue being raised originally.

Lol you're the type of imbecile who would cry about Palestine and American imperialism, but then turn around and say shit like this. Marxists are a joke.

The Tiananmen square massacre is a verified event. We literally have videos and pictures documenting the entire massacre. How much of an idiot do you have to be to believe low level Chinese propaganda about this being fake or a good thing?

You might be enjoying your creative writing class a little too much

Marxist ideology is fragile house of cards, where each card is a lie. Without fallacies, misinformation, and outright lies, Marxism will collapse in on itself. It's an ideology that cannot be defend on it's own merits which is why its brainless supports will cling on to any fallacy to distract them for the reality.

Why would any kid throw stones at armed soldiers? Where were his parents?

You're actually delusional if you think anything like the Tiananmen square massacre is happening in the US today.

No, it doesn't. Only people who are full shit use and defend this fallacy. People who have principles call out shitty behaviors and actions whenever they see them, that's because principles are universal. If you selectively choose when to apply them, then you don't believe in them.

What's ironic is that his list conveniently forgets China's invasion of Vietnam 1979.

Tankies and whataboutism, name a more iconic duo (pro tip: you can't)

People like you are evidence that Marxism is failed ideology that cannot be defended by it's own merits. You know it's a failure, which is why you resort to fallacies and misinformation.

That's a wild assumption to have based on nothing. The reasons why someone spends so much time or very little time thinking about politics could be radically different. There are a lot of people who make politics their lives but are willfully ignorant, selfish assholes. This site is a prime example of that. At the same time there are very kind, well meaning people who don't think about politics. This isn't something that's black and white.

Only zealots think like this. Politics is not everything, it is a topic like any other. If you can't have a conversation with another person or enjoy an activity without thinking about politics, then you're spending too much time online.