Edit: 37 points, 87 comments, a struggle ratio of 2.35! Not bad!

  • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    Holy shit that one guy has literally refused to watch the video or read any info presented even when formatted with sources included but is commenting literally dozens of times that everybody but him is propogandized.

      • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        21 hours ago

        It’s kind of interesting in a way. They honestly seem to think that “Chinese brainwashing propaganda” is a real thing, like a cognitohazard, just being exposed to it is enough to make someone like China. Which is true, I guess, but they seem to think it is a magical capability of “Chinese propaganda” that does it, not the actual content of the videos.

        If I were to make up a story about this lib, I’d say this is a guy who routinely makes racists jokes and complaints about the Chinese, and recently has noticed a lot more pushback for it. And they’re concerned that they might be a racist, but they aren’t! They’re a good person which means that something insidious is going on, their friends, family and coworkers refusing to tolerate their racist jokes anymore is proof of a big Chinese conspiracy to brainwash people.