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It's ironic that you talk about stigmatization, yet indulge in baseless speculation about execution of pandemic reporters.
by Gigablah 6y ago
It's ironic that you talk about stigmatization, yet indulge in baseless speculation about execution of pandemic reporters.
- arboc 6y agoI think "stigmatization" isn't quite the word for spreading disinformation/speculations about the actions of a government, but you're right. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-journalist/chinese-citizen-journalist-resurfaces-after-going-missing-in-wuhan-idUSKCN22515X https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Qiushi#February_2020_disappearance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Qiushi#February_2020_disa... "Citizens reporting on the epidemic have been made to disappear" would be a more factual description. And as can be seen from the first article linked above, "disappearance" doesn't necessarily lead to a fatal end. There is some not-direct-but-still-relevant support for being inclined to think that death is not entirely out of the question for those reporters, e. g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go... But again, I think you were right to call me out on speculating. We just don't know, and if there's one thing we don't need more of right now, it's speculation from non-experts like me. Thank you.