• @OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          I said

          “Living in the US is sufficient cause to distrust its government.”

          You replied:

          “I can say the same for China”

          I replied:

          “Except you literally can’t.” Meaning you don’t live in China so you can’t make the claim with similar level of authority

          And then you made the comment I replied to, and I don’t see at all how it is connected to the line of conversation.

          • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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            03 months ago

            I guess I can’t because i don’t live in China, but you understand the point of my argument yet choose to play semantics. It’s fine

              • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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                03 months ago

                Saying that the Chinese government censors news from their citizens and attempts to spread propaganda about themselves to the outside world doesn’t make sense to you?

                  • @GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
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                    03 months ago

                    Sucking up to the Chinese like a true tankie. Intellectualism is being able to admit that both the Chinese and US governments are bad actors