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>Yesterday, English-language state media outlet China Daily blasted Apple’s decision to allow HKmap.live onto the App Store. “Providing a gateway for ‘toxic app

>Yesterday, English-language state media outlet China Daily blasted Apple’s decision to allow HKmap.live onto the App Store. “Providing a gateway for ‘toxic apps’ is hurting the feelings of the Chinese people, twisting the facts of Hong Kong affairs, and against the views and principles of the Chinese people,” the op-ed argued. Wow...this type of language - "toxic apps," "hurting the feelings of the Chinese people," etc. - sounds disturbingly similar to SJW rhetoric in the States. EDIT: In case it's not obvious - I am against censoring apps & speech.

kevingadd 7y ago
When have "SJWs" ever lobbied to pull maps or other public information or safety resources? Can you come up with one example? The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.
- keiferski 7y ago
  Isn’t cancel culture more or less the same thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Cultur...
  - kevingadd 7y ago
    Cancel culture is not remotely related to Apple pulling a maps application off the app store. No one has been cancelled here, unless you count government suppression of speech as "cancel culture".
    - keiferski 7y ago
      I don’t know, they seem relatively related. Both are actions / attempts to silence opposing ideas by putting pressure on businesses and consumers. Calling for someone to be silenced (cancel culture) is closer to actual censorship than the classic “I disagree with what you say but will fight for your right to say it.”
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bluerobotcat 7y ago
Of course that's in part because China pays attention to what happens in the US, and they try to frame their message in such a way that is more palatable for Westerners.

kevingadd 7y ago

When have "SJWs" ever lobbied to pull maps or other public information or safety resources? Can you come up with one example? The language is only one component in a given scenario. What the language is being deployed to do is very important. Murderers can use the same language in their court defenses as innocent people.

keiferski 7y ago
Isn’t cancel culture more or less the same thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-out_culture#Cancel_Cultur...
- kevingadd 7y ago
  Cancel culture is not remotely related to Apple pulling a maps application off the app store. No one has been cancelled here, unless you count government suppression of speech as "cancel culture".
  - keiferski 7y ago
    I don’t know, they seem relatively related. Both are actions / attempts to silence opposing ideas by putting pressure on businesses and consumers. Calling for someone to be silenced (cancel culture) is closer to actual censorship than the classic “I disagree with what you say but will fight for your right to say it.”
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bluerobotcat 7y ago

Of course that's in part because China pays attention to what happens in the US, and they try to frame their message in such a way that is more palatable for Westerners.