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I'm not here to tone police anyone. I came here to see if others were seeing what I was seeing. I don't like your accusatory tone by the way.
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Xenophobia in Discussions About Epic/Blizzard
- Thread starter CynicalSyndie
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When i say brainwashed I mean indoctrinated t propoganda, not movie brainwashing where they completely rewrite your entire personality. Which should be pretty obvious if you actually pay attention to the context of my posts
When you see instant calls for the deportation of anyone who "supports the CCP" regardless of citizenship status on this website, it is fucking concerning considering this is the only place you can discuss this without being automatically drowned out by people calling you a chink or gook.
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I'm not here to tone police anyone. I came here to see if others were seeing what I was seeing. I don't like your accusatory tone by the way.
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There was a post on the EtcetEra side calling for deportation of all Chinese international students. So yeah I'm seeing it.
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I'm honestly a bit disheartened. I came here expecting the more open community I usually see here. I suppose on this topic it's not there.
As half the posts accuse me more or less of being a Chinese nationalist arguing in bad faith.
That's insane. Was the user banned for it? But honestly when we say "nobody here is saying that" we just mean that the vast majority of the people arguing are not doing so from that position, not that literally zero people are saying it. Even here you'll get a few individual assholes, we shouldn't let them dominate the discussion though
Not happening much here since the mods have a good eye for these things, but yeah on other sites I'm definitely seeing some bad actors taking advantage of the overall sentiment to post some garbage. Chinese citizens are people just like us and are also victims of the CCP's authoritarian actions.
I don't think people should say this about everyone in China because that's an overgeneralisation. However, I do think it is valuable to point out that a lot of people in China have been straight up indoctrinated. People basically using "brainwashed" as a synonym for that aren't wrong in my opinion, I mean there are literally "thought/belief reform" camps over there.
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Might be better. Though misguided or just taught wrong might be better. The issue is that brainwashed is a term everyone knows that fits with what most want to say even if I personally think it's both racist and Ill fit.
Got a link to this one?
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Fine continue to be disingenuous. Not liking something is far from policing it.
This is ignoring that Canada has had a historically large Chinese population so the implication that every "thug" harassing protestors is directly mainland affiliated is incredibly racist and misguided, it's why I can't feel good about every single person shouting Fuck China over and over because to westerners we are all the goddamn same
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Wow.... That's awful. I'll agree most definitely. I fear "Fuck China" could easily turn into "fuck Chinese people" or "fuck the Chinese".
They are supporting a genocidal fascist government. I don't agree with deportion, but let's be clear, by supporting the CCP they are supporting genocide.
I'm not mention any support of the CCP here so I don't know why you're bringing up their actions if not to discredit my own personal feelings of racism being incredibly prevelant in these discussions, as someone else has said, I do not expect westerners to tell us apart.
The linked video clearly shows people defacing pro-HK art and harassing HK protestors. Are you arguing they are doing it for some other reason than supporting CCP?
Just a funny choice of words is all. But fine, I'm concerned that you're attempting to deflect discussion of an important topic by claiming that some people in the conversation are being racist about it. Which, yes, of course they are. Any Reddit thread about Blizzard this week has examples of that.
I think we agree that that's generally not happening here, with any offenders getting moderated appropriately. As such, it seems like a weird side of the conversation to focus on exclusively.
The Tweet that the thread is about states mainland specifically. The owner of that tweet looks Chinese in ethnicity so I'm not sure where the racism is there?
Also that thread doesn't state anywhere that:
All I'm seeing is users wanting those that were harassing people from Hong Kong to be deported (not that I necessarily agree with that).
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No it's not weird. It might seem weird if you're not fearful you'll become a target. I'll agree it's not happening much here, but why are you against me asking for opinions of others on a forum? What's so weird about that?
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My apologies if I sounded annoyed. I'm just getting a bit heated at being accused of bad faith arguments in favor of the CCP, an organization I despise.
Well yeah, if the slope is that slippery, anything can be made to be frightening.
No I'm talking about the deportation rhetoric that people use here incredibly casually.
Are we not allowed to talk about the feelings of racism and xenophobia we feel as Asians/Chinese? The inherent danger I feel the next time I see someone just write Fuck China and calling for us to be deported enmasse.
You're telling a Chinese person that they shouldn't feel like this rhetoric is racist against Chinese people, this rhetoric is mainstream press here and has been slowly building, it comes with it, the implication that every Chinese person is a secret agent of the CCP. And people there were calling for deportation regardless of citizenship status, that is insane.
Luckily I've already experienced hate crimes this year to this effect so the slope is quite slippery indeed!
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Fine then I suppose to you It's not frightening. As a Korean American adopted in the states who's never felt like he belonged in either camp maybe I'm more sensitive than usual.
Those responses are appalling and should be reported or at least warrant a staff post. Calling for deportation is not going to fix anything and only generates fear and hatemongering.
Not that there isn't bigotry out there, but in this case it's siding with Hong Kong protesters vs Chinese government. So racist generalizations against all Asians or Chinese descent people would be very bizarre
Never underestimate peoples abilities to be racist for no reason.
No, that's fair. I won't tell you how to feel about racism directed against you.
Right-wingers would have you believe Hong Kong are the "good" Asians for upholding western ideals of free speech and democracy.
I never said that but thanks for putting words into my mouth. I was stating the facts from that thread so the whole context is there. You obviously have the right to feel the way you do.
I am truly sorry that you feel that way but perhaps you should look closer at why the Chinese people in that specific case are being called out for their behaviour. No where in that thread is anyone calling for all Chinese people to be deported (again, I don't agree with this).
Aren't you now at least being offensive by lumping all westerners together?
This is part of why I try to avoid saying "Fuck China" and opt for "Fuck the CCP".
Yeah as a Canadian those posts came across as really dumb and edgy.
I've been called all manner of Asian my entire life, I've been confused for both North and South Korean, Japanese, Thai, etc.
These are my personal experiences stemming from a lifetime of being Asian in the West, most people honestly can't tell the difference and likely don't care.
You are responding to a tweet showing a video of people destroying a monument offensive to the views of the CCP. They are clearly in support of the CCP. It is not racist to judge them as such. You trying to twist this into being about you instead of them seems very disingenuous and I'm not sure this thread is in good faith. Maybe you keep hearing that because people are being mean to you, or maybe it's true.
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Oh sure. Disregard everything I've said and again say I'm arguing in bad faith.
No I'm talking about the deportation rhetoric specifically. Deporting all "CCP supporters" when this is an incredibly tenuous thing. There are plenty of western citizens who are supporters of the mainland.
unless this is OP trying to spin the wording, when they say "fuck China" they obviously mean the regime and it's supporters, just the same way people hate and complain about Trump and it's supporters by saying "fuck America", it doesn't actually mean they hate every single american. Or at least that's how I am seeing it all. If they really hated asians they wouldn't be protesting in the first place in favor of Hong Kong
Yes, because we've never seen that kind of rhetoric balloon into something sinister before. Never. Not in recent history, and certainly not right now with several demographic groups in the US. Nope. Not at all.
"Fuck China" means "Fuck China". It's hard to be more direct than that, my dude.
Seriously. This whole thread feels like a thinly veiled attempt to shut down criticism of the heinous actions of the CCP.
Sorry, you're not responsible for what you say. You're responsible for what you could later say because other people have been racist in the past!
User Banned (2 weeks): xenophobia
Also my thoughts on the matter.
When I say "fuck China and everything they stand for," I'm not saying "fuck all Chinese people" (who unfortunately happen to be brainwashed imo).
I like how attempts to point out the xenophobia and racism we see on display and feel from the current discourse is met with accusation of shilling for the Chinese government.
Nope, not racist at all.
I apologize profusely for my future self. Please forgive him, he fell down the slippery slope and hit his head.