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Sure, but people can openly criticize the US govt and it's policies. Can they do this in China? A sense of national pride should not trump objectivity.

the-dude 7y ago
Of course they can criticize the US govt in China.
- ashwinaj 7y ago
  I am talking about Chinese citizens criticizing the Chinese govt. __in China__ the same way as American citizens can criticize the American govt. in America, if it wasn't obvious. And by criticizing I mean openly criticizing in public, not hiding behind some pseudonym online
  - PeterisP 7y ago
    It comes off as a play on the old Cold War joke (crude translation of how I remember it being told in the 1980s in Russian) with an American and a Russian discussing about their regimes; and the American proudly says - we have freedom of speech, I can go next to the White House with a banner saying "Reagan is a fool!" and that's going to be okay; to which the Russian responds - so what, that's not any advantage, I can also go to the Red Square with a banner saying "Reagan is a fool!" and there won't be any problems...
  - the-dude 7y ago
    An American and a Russian are sitting in a bar, arguing over whose country was better. The American argues, "See, in America, I am free to do whatever I want. If I wanted to, I could walk right into the White House, slam my fist on the President's desk, and say 'Mr. President, I don't like the way you are running our country.'" The Russian then said, "I can do the same thing." "Really? You can?" asks the American. "Yes," continues the Russian, "If I wanted to, I could walk right into the Kremlin, slam my fist on the General Secretary's office, and say 'Mr. General Secretary, I don't like the way President Reagan is running his country.'" Sourced from https://upjoke.com/ronald-reagan-jokes https://upjoke.com/ronald-reagan-jokes

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Sure, but people can openly criticize the US govt and it's policies. Can they do this in China? A sense of national pride should not trump objectivity.

by ashwinaj 7y ago

the-dude 7y ago
Of course they can criticize the US govt in China.
- ashwinaj 7y ago
  I am talking about Chinese citizens criticizing the Chinese govt. __in China__ the same way as American citizens can criticize the American govt. in America, if it wasn't obvious. And by criticizing I mean openly criticizing in public, not hiding behind some pseudonym online
  - PeterisP 7y ago
    It comes off as a play on the old Cold War joke (crude translation of how I remember it being told in the 1980s in Russian) with an American and a Russian discussing about their regimes; and the American proudly says - we have freedom of speech, I can go next to the White House with a banner saying "Reagan is a fool!" and that's going to be okay; to which the Russian responds - so what, that's not any advantage, I can also go to the Red Square with a banner saying "Reagan is a fool!" and there won't be any problems...
  - the-dude 7y ago
    An American and a Russian are sitting in a bar, arguing over whose country was better. The American argues, "See, in America, I am free to do whatever I want. If I wanted to, I could walk right into the White House, slam my fist on the President's desk, and say 'Mr. President, I don't like the way you are running our country.'" The Russian then said, "I can do the same thing." "Really? You can?" asks the American. "Yes," continues the Russian, "If I wanted to, I could walk right into the Kremlin, slam my fist on the General Secretary's office, and say 'Mr. General Secretary, I don't like the way President Reagan is running his country.'" Sourced from https://upjoke.com/ronald-reagan-jokes https://upjoke.com/ronald-reagan-jokes