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If I say that I was affiliated with Al Qaïda? In any case it is much more likely to get droned by the US than by China, no matter how unlikely it is in the abso
by mardifoufs 3y ago
If I say that I was affiliated with Al Qaïda? In any case it is much more likely to get droned by the US than by China, no matter how unlikely it is in the absolute.
- reducesuffering 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy And 24 million Taiwanese are far less likely to die due to US invasion of them.
- mardifoufs 3y agoWhat? Are you linking to the fallacy you yourself just used? I was talking about the middle east, so that's a pretty weird deflection. I guess it's fine if the US invades middle eastern countries and drones civilians as long as they are on Taiwan's side? What
- throwaway2990 3y agoYou asked if you said you were Al Qaïda. You’re saying “I’m part of a terrorist organization” and expecting not to get flagged? I’m talking about disagreeing with the government. If you called out Biden for being worse than trump and he touches children and sniffs their hair. Nothing will happen to you. If you did that to Xi. You would end up in a reeducation camp. But you’re like “how come I can’t claim to be part of a terrorist organization and then still travel to America” Not even remotely similar.
- mardifoufs 3y agoIf I say death to America, unironically and openly from Syria or Yemen or most of the middle east I'll absolutely get flight restricted. My example about saying that I was part of Al Qaïda was about getting droned, not just get on a no fly list. Again, from the middle east the US is a much bigger threat. China isn't, at all. There is no denying that and no amount of "but you have free speech in the US!!" Matters in this context