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As in most cases when this link gets posted here, this is not actually a case of whataboutism. Here, the argument is "this cannot happen here because the US is
by bildung 7y ago
As in most cases when this link gets posted here, this is not actually a case of whataboutism.
Here, the argument is "this cannot happen here because the US is not a dictatorship and we have free press". I linked to an actual case of this happening in the US. So apparently, the Chinese don't have some unique property making only them supress whistleblowers.
- FreakyT 7y agoThe parent comment argued nothing of the sort. It said simply: > "The Chinese Government is squarely to blame for this situation. Could it have been prevented if they had acted responsibly? I don't know" The parent comment made no statements about how it could never happen in another country. It was specifically about the Chinese government's mishandling -- it was you who injected the bit about the US.