6d ago

Banned from memes.ml for posting image of Xinnie the Pooh in a discussion of how it's only western propaganda to claim it's banned in China?

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there is a long history of anti-China movements
Hmm I wonder why
- It is probably racism
  I'm sure Taiwan hates asians
  
  Somebody did accuse me of being a sinophobe. I really wanted to ask if they were acknowledging Taiwan's independence, but I had already been banned.
- There is a long history of anti-China movements catering to the west for sympathy
  Now what the hell do they expect of people that China wants to kill or "reeducate"? Who they expect these people to ask for help?
  Same thing with Ukraine aligning with West. Guilty of being murdered by Russia.
.ml mods being hardcore tankies? Impossible
- And water makes things wet? Who'da thunk?
Yes. It's propaganda that it's only banned in China.
It's also banned in tankie circles.
Semantics.
I am surprised that for once it was not @dessalines@lemmy.ml. But, in the end, lemmygrad is full of tankies anyways
I don’t think that lends truth to the theory that it’s illegal. No doubt the government suppresses any spread of the meme though.
- It's one of those situations where making a point to try and suppress it has only drawn sooo much more attention to it than it every would have received otherwise. Like if it had just been left alone, it never would have caught on as a "thing."
  
  The opposite imo, it would have caught on but I think it would generally have been seen as positive. I mean, Pooh is a nice guy, tries his best to help his friends, what's not to like? He even has a red shirt, totally on brand right out of the box.
  Complete own-goal trying to suppress it.
  
  the good ol' Streissand Effect
  
  I mean it's from Wikipedia but it's pretty clear it's only being censored in instances where pooh is used as a stand in for Xi. Although that is still bad it's a little more nuanced than "China banned Pooh."
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_in_China

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