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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was in an argument with some .ml tankie yesterday, and they had the gall to say that "free speech that doesn't threaten the government is tolerated everywhere," in response to a comment saying that the CCP censors speech. They didn't like my assertion that that statement also applies to Nineteen Eighty-Four's Ingsoc party. It's technically true, that free speech that doesn't threaten the government is tolerated in Oceania. It's just that the government considers any dissent threatening.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My last straw was when I made a meme on their meme instance that had no Asians, anyone related to Asia, or racism in it. And they removed the post with 500+ up votes and a healthy discussion, because my title was "Rice."

They literally told me rice, the word by itself, is racist. I just chose a random word for the title to fill the blank.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

You didn’t choose a random word. It’s obvious why you chose that specific word in reference to gaming hardware. And we know the racist roots of the term.