• mlfh@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Wow the country that massacred a bunch of unarmed college students in Tiananmen Square for protesting for democracy has democracy?

      • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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        1 year ago
        1. Even Western historians will tell you that is not at all what happened at Tienanmen square.

        2. Even if your version was true, the standard of "The country did something bad three and a half decades and multiple administrations ago, and thus is not a democracy" basically disqualifies every country on earth.

        • mlfh@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          The standard of "you will be prosecuted and punished for publicly criticizing the ruling party/leader" certainly disqualifies China from being called a democracy, regardless of how many students they massacred or why.

          • brain_in_a_box [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Wow, you immediately abandon your first false claim on challenge just to pivot to another false claim.

            At the end of the day, the Chinese people elect their leaders, and no matter how many post-hoc little definitional games you try to play will change that.

          • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            Why do you just say shit? Don't you care about looking like a fucking moron, or have any pride in yourself that would drive you to tell the truth or generally just know what the fuck you're talking about? Why are you like this?

      • geikei [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        these unarmed chinese college students must have been built like Baki characters since 40 PLA soldiers and police officers died in the clashes