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does sh.itjust.works allow criticism of CCP? (self.main)

submitted 1 year ago by wriggly3171 to c/main

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I have seen that the lemmy.ml mods will openly ban discussion about the CCP. I am wondering if the sh.itjust.works team allows criticism of government bodies, while still banning racism.

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[–] upperleft 16 points 1 year ago (100 children)

The Chinese Communist Party is absolutely not above criticism, but I always found the China obsession on reddit to be odd. While I don't think it should be banned outright, I think y'all ought to consider what is motivating such a weird fetish (because frankly that is) for a specific government.

[–] kukkurovaca 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm not a tankie and have no love for the government of China (or any government) but there is an extent to which criticism of China is deployed by xenophobes and nazis as a kind of socially acceptable rallying call or dog whistle. So, I'm all for criticizing China, but remember the allegory of the crustpunk bar

https://twitter.com/IamRageSparkle/status/1280892535024619522

[–] sharp 8 points 1 year ago

I've always loved this allegory, but it can be applied to redfash as much as it can to xenophobes.

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