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[–] panopticon@hexbear.net 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So Chinese bots are on lemmy too now.

Amazing how comfortable you are being racist on a public forum.

Anyway, people should look at this map and take note of how far Taiwan's ADIZ extends into Fujian province of mainland China and the open ocean (which is the southwest corner the PRC's airplanes were supposedly encroaching on). These articles are obviously published to make China seem more aggressive than it really is. Meanwhile the US, with the most powerful navy in the world, parades its warships through the Taiwan strait, which for some reason is not seen as a threat or provocation. Also Taiwan claims the mainland as its own territory. Oh, poor little Taiwan. Lol, get off it.

[–] randint@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, the ADIZ includes part of China, but this article is mainly about jets crossing the median line of Taiwan Strait. Also I don't think Taiwan gets mad over any jets intruding the "overclaimed" part of the ADIZ.

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago

but this article is mainly about jets crossing the median line of Taiwan Strait

It says the jets did that OR were in the southwest zone. It is intentionally vague alarmism.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How is calling out a Chinese bot or Russian bot racist? You are obviously pro-China and you didn't read the article. That makes you a Chinese bot.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 86 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You are obviously pro-China (...). That makes you a Chinese bot.

At long last, we've reached the molten core of psychotic liberal solipsism

[–] Landrin201@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago

Dudes making us wheel of time fans look fucking terrible smh

[–] Fuckass@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

Anti Chinese government, pro Chinese people. Just don’t mention how many Chinese people actually support their government

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

"How am I being racist? I'm just assuming anyone who disagrees with me must be a certain ethnicity and/or bot."

This really isn't too complicated. Stop using Chinese as a pejorative and "bot" as a thought terminating cliche. It prevents any meaningful discussion, and yes, it's also very racist.

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] minorsecond@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Damn I wish my instance wasn't federated with them.

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are obviously pro-West so you are a Western bot.

[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 68 points 1 year ago

You are obviously pro-China . . . That makes you a Chinese bot.

you, oh enlightened reddit-logo one, could you perhaps explain to us what the word 'bot' means?

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sir or Ma'am, I am a US citizen of Chinese descent and I assure you that you are being a cracker, and you can stop any time.

My bias is towards peace and against interfering in other countries' internal affairs. Taiwan is part of China, this was settled in 1972. It's only in recent years that the US has taken a hostile stance against the PRC since its peaceful economic rise has started to threaten US hegemony. This is not my fight, it's not your fight, it is the fight of the US ruling class—its political establishment and its financial oligarchs. China and the US should be allies, and we should be putting our combined labor into decarbonization, healing the ecosphere, reparations for the global south, and preparing communities for the effects of climate change.

Also, my family immigrated from Hong Kong before it was released from British rule, so ~by your logic~ I should be against China, which I'm not, because I'm capable of critical thinking.

Oh, and one more thing: countdown

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sound completely deranged.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Need a Sopranos comm.

"You sound demented!"

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 year ago

That's precisely the sort of argument one would expect from a NAFO bot. Hope you earned enough FICO credit points to buy food tonight.