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Originally Posted by AnonymousStranger
“Panel of foreign experts to investigate police brutality” BWAHAHAHAHAH don’t make me laugh. Would France allow foreigners to interfere in their domestic police issues as they currently beat up protestors on a daily basis? Would America allow foreign interference in their domestic police issues and they brutalize and kill black folk on a daily basis? The west is hypocritical beyond belief. They think they should have a say, if not complete control in all issues outside of their own countries but don’t allow a single dissenting word when it comes to criticism or outside interference for their own countries.
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Another bad post showing you're not credible.
The false equivalency you're trying to draw is terrible. Dissenting voices are common and accessible in most Western countries. China does not even allow dissenting voices internally. You can't even discuss criticism of government policies or controversial topics in private wechat groups in China. There is a massive difference.
Power anywhere tries to protect itself, but the right to show and voice dissent is foundational to power not being abused without limitations. Of course, any country is resistant to ceding sovereignty on internal issues, but dissent and transparency are fundamental to keeping that power in check. France, as bad as things have been there, has not blocked sharing views critical of the police, or blocked foreign or domestic news and opinions critical of police and government, or the sharing of information that makes them look bad. Macron just spoke out critically about police ethics in France. In China, you wouldn't even have access to those critical views, whether foreign or domestic, and you wouldn't be able to promote or discuss them yourself online without concern.
Furthermore, HK is a city where the whole economy has been founded upon reliable rule of law. If not for that, HK would never have become what it is. The sacrifice of rule of law and transparency in HK is the death of HK. It will harm HKers terribly. And, it is the people of HK themselves who are calling for independent investigation, not some foreign actors. Whitewashing the situation with false equivalencies just reflects your bias.
Honestly, you are doing a disservice to Chinese people by posting this way. You cast Chinese people in a negative light by acting like a 五毛 with little respect for other posters or the issues being discussed. Your posts are more likely to result in increasing anti-Chinese sentiment. Your posts and posting style do much more service to those who would like to see anti-Chinese sentiment grow than it does to people who would like to see more diverse and disagreeing voices heard and listened to. This thread needs more posts from people like The Yen Man or the many, many well-educated, cultured, intelligent Chinese of the mainland, HK and internationally who can share a disagreeing point of view in a reasonable and mature way. It doesn't need more mocking, uninformed and poorly reasoned trolling.