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Can you show some of these comments where Chinese people get butthurt because people shit-talk Chinese companies? Are those comments here on HN? I've been on t
by lizardactivist 4y ago
Can you show some of these comments where Chinese people get butthurt because people shit-talk Chinese companies? Are those comments here on HN?
I've been on the Internet many years and see a lot of people getting butthurt when they read about China excelling at things, and generally the Chinese themselves are next to non-existant, at least here on the Western side of the net.
- rocket_surgeron 4y agoBesides the the comment I replied to? Whataboutism is prima facie, irrefutable, unquestionable evidence of butthurtism. The phenomenon is so prevalent that the phrase 伤害中国人民的感情 causes newspaper editors and online commenters to roll their eyes because if you publish an article about how heavy rain has caused flooding in a province somewhere a dozen state-controlled media outlets and ten thousand weibo posters will drone on about 中国人民的感情. https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=伤害中国人民的感情&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=伤害中国人民的感情&o... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/you-should-consider-our-feelings-for-chinese-students-the-state-is-an-extension-of-family https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/you-sh...
- lizardactivist 4y ago"Whataboutism" is not the ace-in-the-sleeve you think it is. It's tucking the tail between the legs and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge defeat, because once the blatant hypocrisy has been pointed out there's nothing sensible to respond with. But I see what level you're taking this to: anyone who disagrees with the agenda is a Chinese or Russian spy.