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Interesting how fake stories about Chinese balloons can linger in US media for weeks, fuelling racist ideologies, while actually vital stories like this are alm
by Garvi 3y ago
Interesting how fake stories about Chinese balloons can linger in US media for weeks, fuelling racist ideologies, while actually vital stories like this are almost completely censored out of the public eye. There's the us-vs-them mentality, then there's the repeatedly shooting oneself in the foot and blaming others mentality.
- 88j88 3y agoI must have missed the fake stories. I just saw the ones about a school bus sized metal structure hovering over the US sent by China, endangering people below it.
- Garvi 3y agoYes, I have just searched through CNNs archives. Apparently CNN has never accused China of using balloons to spy on the US. Apparently we were always at war with Eurasia.
- merpnderp 3y agoIt’s not racist to assume giant ballon structures sent over your secure sites by a country with 500 nuclear weapons pointed at you and a whole military complex devoted to war with you, might be spying. It’s pretty crazy to just assume they aren’t.
- Garvi 3y agoI would argue that quite the opposite is the case. I'm sorry we disagree on such a basic level. My argument: weather balloons exist and have for decades; US authorities knew right away there was no spying equipment,because they had access to the craft, and mislead the public; US authorities lied about the weather balloon flying directly above an important US military base; the pentagon just admitted there was no spying equipment; we are also now ignoring the 5 other incidents of accusations of spying-by-balloon and shooting down of objects that followed. I just reread your comment. You believe China has a "whole military complex devoted to war with the US". I would be very interested in where you got these ideas?
- thehappypm 3y agoChina is obviously spying on every major world actor—everyone spies-it is borderline negligent not to
- Sugimot0 3y ago- "A whole military complex devoted to war with you" This is peak western propaganda. We literally have a massive naval presence conducting the world's largest military exercises off their coast, practicing invading them in the South China Sea and ROK - a state that wouldn't exist had we not invaded china's ally the DPRK, leveling their cities, killing 1/5 the population, installing a dictator, and maintaining full operational control of their military in the event that we decide to invade them again or invade China. On top of that we've got tons of strategic military installations surrounding them, we even spent trillions and sent our people to die for more strategic advantage in Afghanistan. The US has shown that we're the real aggressors time and time again with the media's constant hostile rhetoric, and the very real military conquests we've conducted around the world, killing millions, overthrowing or assassinating democratically elected leaders, and installing dictators in countless nations across the globe. Swap the names for 10 seconds, substitute Korea for Mexico, China has fleets in the Caribbean and bases in Canada, they conduct the world's largest exercise in the gulf practicing how to war with and invade the US, they've successfully toppled countless governments and popular uprisings. And now they're saying your weather balloon is a spy balloon and your country's military is devoted to war with them. Look at the historical context, and you'll realize how hypocritical and obvious the US's hostility, fear mongering, and propaganda towards China is. It's seriously the same rinse and repeat recipe we've used for every one of our thinly veiled imperialist conquests.
- toast0 3y agoThis comes down to the new in news. That the Hanford site is contaminated is not news. So there won't be much continuing coverage.