How is acknowledging that Chinese homophobia exists, is a problem, and comes out of a socialist intellectual tradition not a criticism of China? Wtf are you talking about? Obviously, that falls under “finding fault.”
Yes, of course I’m going to contextualize and explain it, because the person in that thread asked me for an explanation.
This is ridiculous goalpost moving. No criticism would ever be enough for you, short of going full on rainbow imperialism, chauvanism, or exaggerating/making shit up. You’re being blatantly intellectually dishonest.
Because you don’t. You explicitly don’t criticize China in this sentence.
This is just straight up lying. Acknowledging that a problem in China is also a problem in other socialist countries does somehow make it not a problem when China does it. Fuck off with that BS.
No, literally writing “I think China is wrong on LGBT treatment” would suffice. You did NOT write that. Thats not goalpost moving, dont try to gaslight me. From the start to finish I keep claiming I have never seen you critisize China. This still remains. You’re sad on SOME communist country brainworms, but you did not list that specific country in that sentence, nor your personal opinion on homophobia in question.
Heck, you can write it right now and I will be convinced and for as long that comment remains will never claim you’re incapable of criticizing China.
Yeah, if you completely ignore the fact that that sentence was in the context of talking about China, if you completely ignore the parts where I talk specifically about “China’s modern day homophobia” then you might not be the bold-faced liar that you are. Talking about me gaslighting you while trying to pull this shit is incredibly rich.
Liberals only ask for evidence of criticism to use it in bad faith, exhibit #1684938
I literally said that I have and do criticize China for things including LGBT rights. That itself is an acknowledgement of fault. The fact that you were so intent on this fucking gotcha, so confident that it could never possibly be true that I’m capable of criticizing the country, it’s just ridiculous. What, did you genuinely think we’re bots, as opposed to that being something y’all say to just write off any perspectives you disagree with? Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid.
This is the only comment of yours I have ever seen where you do critisise a country you’re usually idealizing. What else am I supposed to think? Indoctrinated propagandist like on Fox news with different flavour.
I don’t idealize China. I do “defend” it, in the same way I do with every country. If someone makes a false or unfair criticism of any given country, then I’ll push back against that on the basis of it being untrue. This is controversial because it means failing anti-communist purity tests.
For decades, it has been the norm that if someone talks shit about a socialist country, nobody challenges it, for fear of being labelled a Red, a Pinko, more recently a “Tankie.” Everyone remotely on the left in the West felt the need to constantly prove that they were “one of the good ones.” After actual communists were sidelined, blacklisted, kicked out of organizations like the AFL-CIO, then the tests only got more stringent, until even supporting or being involved with unions at all became suspect. Finally, we reached a point where people are out there labeling people like Obama and Biden as communists.
This state of affairs has resulted in the anticommunist myths and stereotypes to spiral out of control, and it has allowed the standards of what defines someone as a communist to shift to a ridiculous degree. This strategy of caving to anticommunist purity tests has been proven by history to be an abject failure, and is a major part of how we got to the place we’re in today.
In this context, there are a handful of people like myself willing to try a different strategy, of refuting falsehoods and trying to ground the discourse in reality, unconcerned about what labels may be assigned to us as a result. Because only a handful of people are willing to do this, in anglosphere discourse that is generally heavily anticommunist, it is only natural that someone such as myself will spend a lot more time refuting misinformation about socialist states than criticizing them on the points that are valid concerns.
This does not mean that I consider China some kind of utopia or that I idolize it, or think it should be a model of emulation (although there are aspects that we could do well to borrow and learn from, like their trains). China has had a unique timeline of development and has it’s own unique conditions to deal with. As I said previously, I don’t believe there’s anything I could do to affect Chinese policy regardless of what I think of it, other than through my own government, and that is not an option I’m willing to support.
How is acknowledging that Chinese homophobia exists, is a problem, and comes out of a socialist intellectual tradition not a criticism of China? Wtf are you talking about? Obviously, that falls under “finding fault.”
Yes, of course I’m going to contextualize and explain it, because the person in that thread asked me for an explanation.
This is ridiculous goalpost moving. No criticism would ever be enough for you, short of going full on rainbow imperialism, chauvanism, or exaggerating/making shit up. You’re being blatantly intellectually dishonest.
This is just straight up lying. Acknowledging that a problem in China is also a problem in other socialist countries does somehow make it not a problem when China does it. Fuck off with that BS.
No, literally writing “I think China is wrong on LGBT treatment” would suffice. You did NOT write that. Thats not goalpost moving, dont try to gaslight me. From the start to finish I keep claiming I have never seen you critisize China. This still remains. You’re sad on SOME communist country brainworms, but you did not list that specific country in that sentence, nor your personal opinion on homophobia in question.
Heck, you can write it right now and I will be convinced and for as long that comment remains will never claim you’re incapable of criticizing China.
Yeah, if you completely ignore the fact that that sentence was in the context of talking about China, if you completely ignore the parts where I talk specifically about “China’s modern day homophobia” then you might not be the bold-faced liar that you are. Talking about me gaslighting you while trying to pull this shit is incredibly rich.
Liberals only ask for evidence of criticism to use it in bad faith, exhibit #1684938
Write it then. Not that hard
I think China is wrong on LGBT treatment.
Also, you are a fucking liar and asking in bad faith.
I stand corrected. I am surprised though you attribute me malice. On the other hand I did think you’re a paid shill and a hypocrite, or a bot, so…
Never called you names either, nor called you a liberal or whatever would insult you.
I literally said that I have and do criticize China for things including LGBT rights. That itself is an acknowledgement of fault. The fact that you were so intent on this fucking gotcha, so confident that it could never possibly be true that I’m capable of criticizing the country, it’s just ridiculous. What, did you genuinely think we’re bots, as opposed to that being something y’all say to just write off any perspectives you disagree with? Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid.
This is the only comment of yours I have ever seen where you do critisise a country you’re usually idealizing. What else am I supposed to think? Indoctrinated propagandist like on Fox news with different flavour.
Also cool it with insults.
I don’t idealize China. I do “defend” it, in the same way I do with every country. If someone makes a false or unfair criticism of any given country, then I’ll push back against that on the basis of it being untrue. This is controversial because it means failing anti-communist purity tests.
For decades, it has been the norm that if someone talks shit about a socialist country, nobody challenges it, for fear of being labelled a Red, a Pinko, more recently a “Tankie.” Everyone remotely on the left in the West felt the need to constantly prove that they were “one of the good ones.” After actual communists were sidelined, blacklisted, kicked out of organizations like the AFL-CIO, then the tests only got more stringent, until even supporting or being involved with unions at all became suspect. Finally, we reached a point where people are out there labeling people like Obama and Biden as communists.
This state of affairs has resulted in the anticommunist myths and stereotypes to spiral out of control, and it has allowed the standards of what defines someone as a communist to shift to a ridiculous degree. This strategy of caving to anticommunist purity tests has been proven by history to be an abject failure, and is a major part of how we got to the place we’re in today.
In this context, there are a handful of people like myself willing to try a different strategy, of refuting falsehoods and trying to ground the discourse in reality, unconcerned about what labels may be assigned to us as a result. Because only a handful of people are willing to do this, in anglosphere discourse that is generally heavily anticommunist, it is only natural that someone such as myself will spend a lot more time refuting misinformation about socialist states than criticizing them on the points that are valid concerns.
This does not mean that I consider China some kind of utopia or that I idolize it, or think it should be a model of emulation (although there are aspects that we could do well to borrow and learn from, like their trains). China has had a unique timeline of development and has it’s own unique conditions to deal with. As I said previously, I don’t believe there’s anything I could do to affect Chinese policy regardless of what I think of it, other than through my own government, and that is not an option I’m willing to support.