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What makes Jimmy Lai a fascist, specifically? I’m reading about him but it seems like the opposite is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai https://en.

What makes Jimmy Lai a fascist, specifically? I’m reading about him but it seems like the opposite is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai

derelicta 9mo ago
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- SilverElfin 9mo ago
  Communist forces meaning the authoritarian government of China, the CCP?
  - derelicta 9mo ago
    So authoritarian that its by far one of the most popular govt on Earth [1]. [1] https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index
    - aniviacat 9mo ago
      How is that related?
    - petcat 9mo ago
      I think it's illegal in China for the government to be unpopular... Otherwise you get 20 years in prison.
    - ch4s3 9mo ago
      @dang this is obviously a troll account.
    - laughingcurve 9mo ago
      you didn’t even link anything specifically just a random lading page that doesn’t mention anything you just claimed
    - greggoB 9mo ago
      Lol what is this website - after a few seconds the page changes to a giant donation box - trying to exit that brings up an additional popup. Top quality stuff.
    - komali2 9mo ago
      The DPRK government is far more popular. Xi has a lot of work to do before an entire country will cry for three days straight to mourn his death!
- greggoB 9mo ago
  Can you provide some actual sources?
  - derelicta 9mo ago
    https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-09/The-Jimmy-Lai-verdict-Law-evidence-and-judicial-professionalism-1KCScQt8bIs/p.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-09/The-Jimmy-Lai-verdict-...
    - SilverElfin 9mo ago
      From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel) > CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
    - greggoB 9mo ago
      > From a legal perspective, the Lai judgment reflects the institutional professionalism of Hong Kong's courts. The proceedings were conducted in accordance with established judicial practice, with extensive evidence presented, tested and assessed under the criminal standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The judgment, running more than 800 pages, was published in full, demonstrating the court's commitment to transparency and reasoned decision-making. That's the 2nd paragraph in the article. In my experience, articles that have to go to this extent to really convince the reader that the court is so above rapproach have an agenda. And gee, coming from a CCP state media outlet, I wonder what that agenda could be...
- ch4s3 9mo ago
  Get out of here with this Wolf Warrior jingoist bullshit. Your country was brutally suppressing a democratic movement in Hing Kong and Lai is only guilty of publishing books critical of the politburo. Which I might add is carrying out a genocide in Xianjang, illegally occupies Tibet, and mudrered perhaps thousands in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989. You'll note you can't even post on chinese social media anything containing both "Tiananmen Square" and "1989", and you call Lai a fascist... pathetic.
mothballed 9mo ago
He made some supportive comments of Trump and has advocated for anti-socialist policies, which dumps him in the enemy bucket of anti-fascists.
- kspacewalk2 9mo ago
  In my experience, a very significant proportion of self-reported "anti-fascists" and "anti-imperialists" turn out, upon closer scrutiny, to actually be anti-US-fascism and anti-US-imperialism. They ignore, downplay, deny and ridicule all allegations of fascism and imperialism when perpetrated by others, like China or Russia. In a somewhat related vein, there are entirely too many "anti-colonialists" in what is now fashionably called The Global South who, when push comes to shove, reveal themselves to be actually kind of okay with colonialism as long as it's not perpetrated against them. When a colonialist war of aggression is perpetrated against these white folks called "Ukrainians", and perpetrated by Russia, a country they really rather like, then what's a little colonialism between friends? Heck, Russia shows up with a colonialist militia to prop up dictators and mine for diamonds and gold all over the Sahel and it's like, heck yeah, thank for your kicking out the French. Really interesting logic.
  - komali2 9mo ago
    Tankies. I argue with them constantly. My opinion, they're mostly middle class westerners that grew up in a cradle of empire, sucking from the teat of exploitative resource extraction. Then when they stopped seeing the benefits of imperialism as their country fell into late stage capitalism and eating itself alive, they turn their resentment against capitalism and correctly identify it as what's ailing their society, but somehow completely fall for the propaganda that there are socialist countries on this planet that are "fighting capitalism." They do nothing to challenge their deeply rooted western arrogance or imperialist savior complex, and begin lecturing people from smaller nations that actually, it's not imperialism when a country with a red flag does it.
    - verall 9mo ago
      I like to think that it is drummed up to increase division between left leaning people but of course I don't really know. Best of luck to you.

What makes Jimmy Lai a fascist, specifically? I’m reading about him but it seems like the opposite is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lai

derelicta 9mo ago

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SilverElfin 9mo ago
Communist forces meaning the authoritarian government of China, the CCP?
- derelicta 9mo ago
  So authoritarian that its by far one of the most popular govt on Earth [1]. [1] https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index
  - aniviacat 9mo ago
    How is that related?
  - petcat 9mo ago
    I think it's illegal in China for the government to be unpopular... Otherwise you get 20 years in prison.
  - ch4s3 9mo ago
    @dang this is obviously a troll account.
  - laughingcurve 9mo ago
    you didn’t even link anything specifically just a random lading page that doesn’t mention anything you just claimed
  - greggoB 9mo ago
    Lol what is this website - after a few seconds the page changes to a giant donation box - trying to exit that brings up an additional popup. Top quality stuff.
  - komali2 9mo ago
    The DPRK government is far more popular. Xi has a lot of work to do before an entire country will cry for three days straight to mourn his death!
greggoB 9mo ago
Can you provide some actual sources?
- derelicta 9mo ago
  https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-09/The-Jimmy-Lai-verdict-Law-evidence-and-judicial-professionalism-1KCScQt8bIs/p.html https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-02-09/The-Jimmy-Lai-verdict-...
  - SilverElfin 9mo ago
    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGTN_(TV_channel) > CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
  - greggoB 9mo ago
    > From a legal perspective, the Lai judgment reflects the institutional professionalism of Hong Kong's courts. The proceedings were conducted in accordance with established judicial practice, with extensive evidence presented, tested and assessed under the criminal standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The judgment, running more than 800 pages, was published in full, demonstrating the court's commitment to transparency and reasoned decision-making. That's the 2nd paragraph in the article. In my experience, articles that have to go to this extent to really convince the reader that the court is so above rapproach have an agenda. And gee, coming from a CCP state media outlet, I wonder what that agenda could be...
ch4s3 9mo ago
Get out of here with this Wolf Warrior jingoist bullshit. Your country was brutally suppressing a democratic movement in Hing Kong and Lai is only guilty of publishing books critical of the politburo. Which I might add is carrying out a genocide in Xianjang, illegally occupies Tibet, and mudrered perhaps thousands in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989. You'll note you can't even post on chinese social media anything containing both "Tiananmen Square" and "1989", and you call Lai a fascist... pathetic.

mothballed 9mo ago

He made some supportive comments of Trump and has advocated for anti-socialist policies, which dumps him in the enemy bucket of anti-fascists.

kspacewalk2 9mo ago
In my experience, a very significant proportion of self-reported "anti-fascists" and "anti-imperialists" turn out, upon closer scrutiny, to actually be anti-US-fascism and anti-US-imperialism. They ignore, downplay, deny and ridicule all allegations of fascism and imperialism when perpetrated by others, like China or Russia. In a somewhat related vein, there are entirely too many "anti-colonialists" in what is now fashionably called The Global South who, when push comes to shove, reveal themselves to be actually kind of okay with colonialism as long as it's not perpetrated against them. When a colonialist war of aggression is perpetrated against these white folks called "Ukrainians", and perpetrated by Russia, a country they really rather like, then what's a little colonialism between friends? Heck, Russia shows up with a colonialist militia to prop up dictators and mine for diamonds and gold all over the Sahel and it's like, heck yeah, thank for your kicking out the French. Really interesting logic.
- komali2 9mo ago
  Tankies. I argue with them constantly. My opinion, they're mostly middle class westerners that grew up in a cradle of empire, sucking from the teat of exploitative resource extraction. Then when they stopped seeing the benefits of imperialism as their country fell into late stage capitalism and eating itself alive, they turn their resentment against capitalism and correctly identify it as what's ailing their society, but somehow completely fall for the propaganda that there are socialist countries on this planet that are "fighting capitalism." They do nothing to challenge their deeply rooted western arrogance or imperialist savior complex, and begin lecturing people from smaller nations that actually, it's not imperialism when a country with a red flag does it.
  - verall 9mo ago
    I like to think that it is drummed up to increase division between left leaning people but of course I don't really know. Best of luck to you.