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Many of your points aren't true at all. You appear to be trying to make a false balance (a term I learned today) by casting doubt on the censorship and brutal r

Many of your points aren't true at all. You appear to be trying to make a false balance (a term I learned today) by casting doubt on the censorship and brutal repression of protests we know China performs. We have a bounty of evidence that WeChat is heavily monitored and censored. You can in fact test it today. We know that the recent anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre was heavily censored and dissidents detained and silenced. We also know that public figures who speak out against the regime are disappeared. Of the very many, I will mention Peng Shuai who spoke out against her sexual abuse by a senior Party member. So you don't appear to be making much of an argument at all, as even a cursory glance in the history books of the last year will reveal your false balance to be as empty as your accusation of its absurdity.

qiskit 5y ago
- witrak 5y ago
  >> We have a bounty of evidence that WeChat is heavily monitored and censored. > Amazing. All social media is heavily monitored and censored everywhere. We can argue degrees but it's all censored. Well, similarly we could argue is a real difference between firecrackers and thousand pounds bombs.
- darkarmani 5y ago
  > Amazing. All social media is heavily monitored and censored everywhere. We can argue degrees but it's all censored. Nope. On WhatsApp, no message I've ever sent has been censored. I haven't heard of anyone being censored on whatsapp. (the example being wechat which i believe is equivalent). > Like that chinese tennis player right. Or jack ma? Disappeared and then reappeared. Like magic. You aren't making the point you think you are. You are confirming that they were disappeared for a LONG time by the gov't.
  - qiskit 5y ago
    > Nope. On WhatsApp, no message I've ever sent has been censored. Just because you haven't been censored doesn't mean everyone isn't censored. https://reclaimthenet.org/whatsapp-kashmir-deactivated/ https://reclaimthenet.org/whatsapp-kashmir-deactivated/ Facebook owns WhatsApp. You really think there is no censorship on WhatsApp. > You aren't making the point you think you are. You are confirming that they were disappeared for a LONG time by the gov't. I am making an exact point. Oh my god, a tennis player and jack ma didn't make themselves available to western press for a bit. That's so crazy. Because we all know that these chinese people belong to western journalists. Right? People complaining about censorship in a highly censored website. That's rich. Crazy how so many "people" care about china's freedom all of a sudden.
    - darkarmani 5y ago
      > Oh my god, a tennis player and jack ma didn't make themselves available to western press for a bit. That's the best propaganda you can come up with? "make themselves available...for a bit"? That's disingenuous.

qiskit 5y ago

witrak 5y ago
>> We have a bounty of evidence that WeChat is heavily monitored and censored. > Amazing. All social media is heavily monitored and censored everywhere. We can argue degrees but it's all censored. Well, similarly we could argue is a real difference between firecrackers and thousand pounds bombs.
darkarmani 5y ago
> Amazing. All social media is heavily monitored and censored everywhere. We can argue degrees but it's all censored. Nope. On WhatsApp, no message I've ever sent has been censored. I haven't heard of anyone being censored on whatsapp. (the example being wechat which i believe is equivalent). > Like that chinese tennis player right. Or jack ma? Disappeared and then reappeared. Like magic. You aren't making the point you think you are. You are confirming that they were disappeared for a LONG time by the gov't.
- qiskit 5y ago
  > Nope. On WhatsApp, no message I've ever sent has been censored. Just because you haven't been censored doesn't mean everyone isn't censored. https://reclaimthenet.org/whatsapp-kashmir-deactivated/ https://reclaimthenet.org/whatsapp-kashmir-deactivated/ Facebook owns WhatsApp. You really think there is no censorship on WhatsApp. > You aren't making the point you think you are. You are confirming that they were disappeared for a LONG time by the gov't. I am making an exact point. Oh my god, a tennis player and jack ma didn't make themselves available to western press for a bit. That's so crazy. Because we all know that these chinese people belong to western journalists. Right? People complaining about censorship in a highly censored website. That's rich. Crazy how so many "people" care about china's freedom all of a sudden.
  - darkarmani 5y ago
    > Oh my god, a tennis player and jack ma didn't make themselves available to western press for a bit. That's the best propaganda you can come up with? "make themselves available...for a bit"? That's disingenuous.