I saw a post that talked about racism towards people and when I talked about it the response I got was very heated and a person even called lemmy.world a community of ‘hitlerites’

I have been around for a week or so and this is my first time seeing such explicit vulgar reaction towards another community, is this a one-off or should I block hexbear?

  • loutr@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    OK maybe not started (couldn’t find a definitive origin), but they did use it quite a bit.

    Additionally, the original image of Xi and Obama together as Pooh and Tigger, and the subsequent picture of Xi and Shinzo Abe as Pooh and Eeyore, emerged as group pictures of world leaders, but only the comparison of Xi to Pooh stuck.

    Maybe because the others didn’t throw a tantrum about it. Or maybe because Chinese users have to use euphemisms and memes to avoid censorship.

    Further, that doesn’t explain the immense popularity among westerners in portraying Xi as a yellow bear, nor why it seems to be especially popular among western right-wingers.

    If you say so. I for one had not seen this meme for quite some time and had completely forgotten about it until you brought it up.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      14 hours ago

      I brought it up because MWoG uses it as the community icon.

      Again, your sources don’t seem to support what you’re saying, there isn’t widespread disapproval of the CPC. According to Harvard, support for the CPC is over 90%.

      • loutr@sh.itjust.works
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        13 hours ago

        Yes, I am aware that .ml lives in a fantasy world where there are no dissidents in China. It also helps that speaking ill of the CCP has never been harshly repressed in China.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          13 hours ago

          You can just read the article, they address your concerns:

          Although state censorship and propaganda are widespread in China, these findings highlight that citizen perceptions of governmental performance respond most to real, measurable changes in individuals’ material well-being. Satisfaction and support must be consistently reinforced. As a result, the data point to specific areas in which citizen satisfaction could decline in today’s era of slowing economic growth and continued environmental degradation.

          • loutr@sh.itjust.works
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            12 hours ago

            Yeah, it also says that they have a low opinion of the local government, which they blame when the reforms promised in the state press fail to materialize.

            Regardless of the country, I’m very suspicious about such unanimous acclaim. There’s just no way 9 out of 10 people are happy with any given government. Have you ever been in a group of more than 10 people, trying to make a choice that’s OK for everyone?

            Look, I’m not saying that the west is perfect and China is horrible, but maybe try considering the opposite is not true either.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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              12 hours ago

              Believe me, I consider that the opposite is true regularly. I live in a western country, I don’t isolate myself from the news. However, from what I’ve seen, I don’t have reason to distrust the Harvard Study. Even the US reached 90% following 9/11, China has managed to do it as well by focusing on things like the famous poverty eradication campaign that shaped the PRC’s policies throughout the last decade.