I started there with .world but simple people clump together to make themselves feel ok and instances reach a point where they just aren’t worth it. It took Reddit years to do that it happens on lemmy instances rather quickly. Oh well. I don’t really care. I just can’t stand posts pumping nationalistic hate. Especially obvious propaganda.
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TehPers@beehaw.org 5 days agoWith how much hate I see about the US here, I could say the same thing there.
Calling out people for doing bad shit is kinda normal. It just so happens that China, Russia, and the US do a lot of bad shit, so they get called out a lot. If it bugs you, then just filter out posts by specific people or with specific keywords.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 5 days ago
LukeZaz@beehaw.org 5 days ago
This has two issues with it that are sourced from the fact that most people here are likely from the States or similar. Namely:
This aside, I, personally, am irritated by the quantity moreso than anything else. As I said elsewhere, it’s the same few users, and I find it obsessive. It stops sounding to me like “I want people to be aware of particular issues from China” and starts sounding to me like “I want to bombard people with all possible negativity about China until they hate everything related to the place as much as I do.”
Thanks to these folks, Beehaw virtually always has at least one post about China or Russia on its front page. Often several. Credit where it’s due; I’ve seen a pro-Palestine post here and there, which I appreciate. But Christ, I’m sick of the rest. Blocks are fair, but I feel like that just hides the issue rather than solving it. I feel like I’m seeing a propaganda mill in action, and I don’t like the idea of just ignoring it.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 days ago
The only people who claim that legitimate criticism of the Chinese government is “sinophobia” to begin with are 1) the Chinese government, 2) their trolls and 3) tankies.