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      9 hours ago

      The government that actively tries to censor elements of news from their citizens. Yeah buddy, sure thing.

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        I said

        “Living in the US is sufficient cause to distrust its government.”

        You replied:

        “I can say the same for China”

        I replied:

        “Except you literally can’t.” Meaning you don’t live in China so you can’t make the claim with similar level of authority

        And then you made the comment I replied to, and I don’t see at all how it is connected to the line of conversation.

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          I guess I can’t because i don’t live in China, but you understand the point of my argument yet choose to play semantics. It’s fine

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              Saying that the Chinese government censors news from their citizens and attempts to spread propaganda about themselves to the outside world doesn’t make sense to you?

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                The point is you’re making an unsourced claim which doesn’t align with the topic of conversation.

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                  Sucking up to the Chinese like a true tankie. Intellectualism is being able to admit that both the Chinese and US governments are bad actors

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                    True intellectualism is doing proper investigation before speaking. How many ordinary Chinese people have you talked to? Have you visited China?