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This is known as the "And you are lynching negroes" argument, from the Soviet rhetorical tactic used to deflect attention from their own human rights abuses wit

This is known as the "And you are lynching negroes" argument, from the Soviet rhetorical tactic used to deflect attention from their own human rights abuses without actually having to address them. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes > If China wasn't so protecive, they would have become economically dependent on the west (as opposed to being the powerhouse they are today). You're claiming that China's economic growth and independence is because they censor their citizens?

chrischen 10y ago
They censor outside influence and ideas that are influenced from the outside. Obviously ideas that infect people within China would be in practice censoring "Chinese" people.
- PhasmaFelis 10y ago
  > They censor outside influence and ideas that are influenced from the outside. Well, no, they censor all ideas that run contrary to the party line, period, regardless of origin. I suppose you could try to claim that no Chinese person could ever independently conceive of an idea that contravenes the will of the Party, so if such ideas occur then they must have been crowbarred into their innocent minds by foreign propagandists, but that would be stupid. > Obviously ideas that infect people within China would be in practice censoring "Chinese" people. Huh?