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>Ah..the old expat pissing contest. I didn't accuse anyone of being a wumao You accused this guy (an immigrant, probably white), of using "wumao tactics": htt
by crdoconnor 13y ago
>Ah..the old expat pissing contest. I didn't accuse anyone of being a wumao
You accused this guy (an immigrant, probably white), of using "wumao tactics":
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5817271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5817271
Later on, you elaborated on this: "I bring up the Wumao tactics because they apply almost verbatim here: the common "criticism of criticism" in Asian countries is to assert that you can't criticize unless you somehow are perfect."
>but calling me a racist is just immature.
If you hadn't first mentioned that these "argumentative tactics" were being used because the person voicing them was from an Asian country, I wouldn't be raising the possibility.
But yea, you did that.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoHey, its your reputation if you want to drag out the racist whip. Asia is definitely a place, not a race; many of us who live here are even Caucasians believe it or not. You could start calling me racist if I said "Han people like to argue this way" or "Malay people like to argue this way", but I merely stated that "Criticism in Asian countries is generally handled this way." I didn't specify the race or color of anyone's skin, and (white or otherwise) expat apologists are not uncommon where I live.
- crdoconnor 13y agoDon't worry. You wouldn't be the first white American expat in China to make sweeping prejudicial generalizations about the locals. It's depressingly common.
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