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china bad, us good the white man's burden continues also i love how you're using an anecdote from a friend of a friend to somehow build credibility

eledumb 8y ago
Where did I say we were good, please point it out, because I missed it. When did I say I was white, again please point it out because I missed it. We've proven that humans as both individuals, and as a species are capable of horrible atrocities. The behavior of humans, in groups, is dictated by the people in charge. The people in charge in China have proven themselves, repeatedly, to not value human life. I used one example in my post. Do I really need to list the systemic things the group of men running China have done to other citizens of China. I didn't think so. As a group the men running China have a much different view on human life than the many of the governments around the world. What they support and encourage as a group I willing to bet, is probably beyond what most people in the world would consider acceptable. That's not to say the some parts of governments, and large companies aren't pushing the boundaries, not to mention well off individuals who are personally looking for an edge.
- yhoneycomb 8y ago
  >When did I say I was white, again please point it out because I missed it. and yet you don't deny it i must either have superpowers OR you made it painfully obvious
  - writepub 8y ago
    No - you just love making this about identity politics, when clearly the op had no intention of doing so. Is there some "woke school" somewhere that indoctrinates people into making everything about identity? Are you instructed to shift actual debate to a series of specious but seemingly moral strawmans and ad hominems about the debater's identity, without actually making a point? Because who needs to pay attention to actual discourse if you can bark accusations, right? There's NOTHING "painfully obvious" to deduce from the ops arguments, other than your bigoted attack on his/her assumed identity.

eledumb 8y ago

Where did I say we were good, please point it out, because I missed it. When did I say I was white, again please point it out because I missed it. We've proven that humans as both individuals, and as a species are capable of horrible atrocities. The behavior of humans, in groups, is dictated by the people in charge. The people in charge in China have proven themselves, repeatedly, to not value human life. I used one example in my post. Do I really need to list the systemic things the group of men running China have done to other citizens of China. I didn't think so. As a group the men running China have a much different view on human life than the many of the governments around the world. What they support and encourage as a group I willing to bet, is probably beyond what most people in the world would consider acceptable. That's not to say the some parts of governments, and large companies aren't pushing the boundaries, not to mention well off individuals who are personally looking for an edge.

yhoneycomb 8y ago
>When did I say I was white, again please point it out because I missed it. and yet you don't deny it i must either have superpowers OR you made it painfully obvious
- writepub 8y ago
  No - you just love making this about identity politics, when clearly the op had no intention of doing so. Is there some "woke school" somewhere that indoctrinates people into making everything about identity? Are you instructed to shift actual debate to a series of specious but seemingly moral strawmans and ad hominems about the debater's identity, without actually making a point? Because who needs to pay attention to actual discourse if you can bark accusations, right? There's NOTHING "painfully obvious" to deduce from the ops arguments, other than your bigoted attack on his/her assumed identity.