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Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by generalseven »

Shared404 wrote: post #4
RhodoYolo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is on the front page but what's the hundreds of thousands of people currently protesting in DC is not.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

I guess President Vladimir and Chairman Xi would be delighted with the comparison.

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by Shared404 »

Stoic0 wrote: post #9
Fezzik wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To add: Even Fox News reports it as hundreds: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-protesters-police-clash-on-eve... and at least 6 have been arrested for weapons possession and assaulting police officers... so not exactly peaceful pro-democracy folks, given that what they are protesting is a (mostly) functional democratic process.

Fox News is just more fake news. Rightly called faux

For the record, faux is pronounced the same as foe.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=faux+pronounced&t=ffab&ia=definiti...

Also, while I agree, I'm pretty sure I agree in the other direction.

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by dudeithinkBLM »

Shared404 wrote: post #4
RhodoYolo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is on the front page but what's the hundreds of thousands of people currently protesting in DC is not.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

https://hereistheevidence.com/

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by cheaprentalyeti »

Shared404 wrote: post #4
RhodoYolo wrote: post #2

Interesting that this is on the front page but what's the hundreds of thousands of people currently protesting in DC is not.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

If you're going to argue back against someone who's post has already been deleted as misinformation you're probably the reason we shouldn't be trusting the System.

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by Shared404 »

cheaprentalyeti wrote: post #14
Shared404 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

If you're going to argue back against someone who's post has already been deleted as misinformation you're probably the reason we shouldn't be trusting the System.

Not sure I'm parsing this properly, but I think that you are saying that I'm untrustworthy for some reason, like I'm denying too hard or pushing back too hard against a fringe opinion?

First, redis_mlc's comments are auto-killed, so just because it was dead already doesn't mean that people had flagged it yet.

Second, that comment contains verifiably false information of a sort that is being spread around far too much already, so I am pointing that out, in the hopes that someone will have that be the straw that breaks the back of their illusion.

I recognize that the US gov. does a lot of bad things. Between the three letter agencies, the extrajudicial killings of US citizens, the non-stop spying, the control by corporate interests etc.

There's enough actual bad being done by the government, there's no need to invent any.

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by Solocomplex »

dudeithinkBLM wrote: post #13
Shared404 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

https://hereistheevidence.com/

What does your username mean?

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by Shared404 »

dudeithinkBLM wrote: post #13
Shared404 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Comparing the people at DC currently and HK is so blatantly disrespectful, and such a false equivalence I don't even know where to start. Edit: Responding to redis_mic's comment below here, because it's been rightly flagged for misinformation. > There's plenty of evidence, literally tons, that the US 2020 election was rigged. Show some then. The public hasn't seen any. The courts haven't seen any. No one, has seen an…

https://hereistheevidence.com/

For those curious about this source, see also this[1] thread.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662151

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by cheaprentalyeti »

Shared404 wrote: post #15
cheaprentalyeti wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're going to argue back against someone who's post has already been deleted as misinformation you're probably the reason we shouldn't be trusting the System.

Not sure I'm parsing this properly, but I think that you are saying that I'm untrustworthy for some reason, like I'm denying too hard or pushing back too hard against a fringe opinion? First, redis_mlc's comments are auto-killed, so just because it was dead already doesn't mean that people had flagged it yet. Second, that comment contains verifiably false information of a sort that is being spread around far too much…

Your argument is that "You haven't seen any evidence" while purporting to respond to someone whose posts are deleted _automatically_ by the machine. Saying "I haven't seen any evidence, so we're just going to keep this autodeletion machine running..." is an exercise in sanctimonous stupidity. I'm sure everyone who ran the censorship machine in East Germany or Russia (or programs the Great Firewall in China today) says the same damn thing.

Re: Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested

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Post by _imnothere »

adultSwim wrote: post #19

I don't understand why it shouldn't be One Country, One System

Simply because that's what they agreed to. It haven't been 50 years after CCP got HK back.

Although obviously CCP is just a bunch of liars, people still like to trade with the evil.

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