• brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Westerners really are incapable of criticising their own countries without going “but I can only assume everyone else is just as bad!”

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      10 months ago

      Lol, I’m not American. I’m just pointing out the comment from pelosi doesn’t make sense. It adds to the reasons why it might be fake news.

      Attributing a comment like that to her works against her in 2 ways. It alienates those americans who would otherwise support Democrats as she appears to be supporting genocide and being racist, out of context.

      It also links China to the Democrats for those on the other side, who aren’t watching carefully for nuance.

      It’s not a case of countries good or bad, it’s a case of understanding their motives.

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        10 months ago

        Lol, I’m not American. I’m just pointing out the comment from pelosi doesn’t make sense. It adds to the reasons why it might be fake news.

        Tom Cotton grilling a Singaporean about whether he’s a member of the CCP doesn’t make sense either; are you saying that’s fake news too? Racists aren’t rational.

        it’s a case of understanding their motives.

        Well your understanding is bad, given you assumed China is pro-Palestinian genocide because they don’t recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation, and you assumed they support the invasion of Ukraine just because they’ve remained neutral on it.