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And yet I can post pictures of Winnie the Pooh here in the west
And the Tienanmen Square massacre.
Shit I can even talk about how much I hate specific politicians without issue as well
No one has ever told me what my social credit rating was.
Shoot, I don't even think we have one...?
It's 42.
But what's the question?
I have to wait for the mice to get a British dude's brain to give you that.
Just give me a sec and I'll get back to you on that.
You can even label governments as tyrannical oppressors, and their media will give you a voice ¯\(ツ)/¯
You've clearly never been to China. Winnie the Pooh mugs, t-shirts and the other usual shit are all available in China. Most of it is made there.
You can't believe all you read in western media. When it comes to coverage of places the US doesn't like, you can't believe very much at all.
you know exactly what I meant and deliberately tried to steer the conversation away from it. Bravo
Did you read the actual article?
There is an entire universe of difference between the government telling you you can't say something and arresting and/or disappearing you if you ignore them, and privately owned museums, exhibit halls, or online platforms refusing to do business with you if you say something stupid in public that harms people's perceptions of you. You're absolutely free to spout every hot take and conspiracy theory you want (there's certainly no shortage of people who do), but nobody is obligated to respect you or do business with you if you do. What's not going to happen is an FBI agent or cop coming around to "have a chat" and if you refuse to publicly retract your statements then quietly sending you off to some gulag without telling anyone where you'll be worked to death and then your organs harvested and sold. That's the difference between "the West" and China.
Yeah, a guy comparing getting his art exhibit canceled over a poorly worded tweet to Maoist China, where people were imprisoned, exiled, murdered, and worked to death for having wrong opinions, or wrong parents, or wrong possessions.
I did actually, thanks