Comment on Hong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent

• bloubz@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They don’t know what imperialism is, not their fault

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  • Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I avoid using words and terms that I don’t know what they mean

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    • jaxxed@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh no, they used a word in a way I didn’t like - I guess their opinion about personal freedom and representation are completely invalid.

      Ad Hominem much?

      Chinese people deserve the freedom to express their political views.

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      • bloubz@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes, Chinese people deserve freedom to express their political view. And they can do such in the democratic centralism state. Research by Western insulations (in the US for example) shows that the 95% of the people are satisfied with the government

        If you want to learn more about China and unlearn of few misconceptions and propaganda we’ve all been subjected to, this wiki sums up a lot a things: en.prolewiki.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China

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      • mattyroses@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why is ad hominem the first thing stupid posters always grab for?

        And can’t bother to learn what it means?

        Saying an argument is stupid isn’t ad hominem. Saying the poster is stupid for making a stupid argument isn’t either.

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