On Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the United States should reflect on why it adopted different positions on the two events. She said the storming of the Hong Kong legislature was more “severe” than the events in Washington, but there were no fatalities among the protesters.

“In ... 2019, radical demonstrators [in Hong Kong] violently stormed the city’s Legislative Council building, wantonly damaged facilities, used toxic powders and liquids to attack and beat the police, and even [allegedly] bit a police officer’s finger off,” Hua said. “Facing a situation like this, Hong Kong police had kept a high degree of restraint and no demonstrators died.

“Now the US mainstream media had unanimously criticised violent Trump fans in [Washington], saying it’s a violent event and those protesters are mobs, extremists ... But what description did they use on the Hong Kong protest? ‘Beautiful sight’.” Hua was referring to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comments about mass demonstrations in June 2019 in Hong Kong as a “beautiful sight to behold”.

    • RedDawn [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Fidel said this about China recently https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telesurenglish.net/amp/opinion/China-Is-Most-Promising-Hope-for-Third-World-Fidel-20171128-0017.html

      • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        then he was senile or LYING FOR THE GOOD OF HIS PEOPLE, or in that space old people sometimes get to where they say something true they believe, and shit changes and it's obviously not true but they can't let go of it. or he was just a lucky idiot whose people got woke fast and made their little island kick ass in spite of his idiocy.

        one or more of those.

        • RedDawn [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          No, he wasn’t. He was right and you are wrong.

          • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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            4 years ago

            oh. well if we're arguing at that level, I guess I need to defer to your superior intellect. I can no longer engage. unless you're willing to prove conclusively, with scientific certainty, that none of these scenarios could possibly have been true.

            • RedDawn [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Sorry, I’m taking the word of third world socialists at face value and not assuming that they are lying unless proven beyond a shadow of a doubt otherwise. What an incredible amount of western chauvinism.

              • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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                4 years ago

                certainly you're not talking about the people of mainland china; they'd be shot in minutes when they proposed taking ownership of the means of production back from the billionaires.

                • MerryChristmas [any]
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                  4 years ago

                  unless you’re willing to prove conclusively, with scientific certainty, that...

                  Your turn! Can you back up that claim?

                  • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    nope. this is my way of saying "fuck off, im disengaging unless you're willing to put in some effort to support your fanboy faschwank bullshit" respect that and don't clog my inbox.

            • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              willing to prove conclusively with scientific certainty

              Lol western chauvinism AND Reddit level debate bro shit. Nice

            • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              I can no longer engage. unless you’re willing to prove conclusively, with scientific certainty, that none of these scenarios could possibly have been true.

              Asking someone to scientifically prove a negative when the positive has no evidence for it is a spicy take.

              • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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                4 years ago

                it was hyperbole and a mirror of some shit you people were asking. a way of saying "theres absolutely no way I want to continue this discussion". please fuck off. I do not want to see this thread in my replies again.