General News Thread

[Mcjon01]

Nobody got blown up by anything actually read the words they're saying lol

[SeiKeo]

cnn owned by facts and logic

[Deathhappens]

Facts and logic are in short supply wherever politics get involved

[Laserman]

Ebola is now curable.

[Twelveseal]

Woot! Wonder if that'll help crack other hemorrhagic fevers.

[AsGryffynn]

Sorry, I was asking AsGryffyn which protest allowed him to casually go through once they determined he was "for real" after presumably detaining all the other "not for real" passengers from boarding. I'm aware of what's currently happening in Hong Kong (at least as much as anyone who reads scattered posts on the Internet can be).

Actually, when the Independence Referendum happened. In Catalonia, there was an indyref the Central Govt declared illegal. I did vote and supported independence, but then I had to take a flight the day afterwards and there were people protesting everywhere and blocking one of the freeways leading to El Prat and I had a flight that day.

Well, the for real part referred to the fact I was more than ready to start bulldozing a CX-9 through a crowd of protesters if they didn't move aside.

[Mcjon01]

Cool story, u sound like a real tough dude

[Deathhappens]

Actually, when the Independence Referendum happened. In Catalonia, there was an indyref the Central Govt declared illegal. I did vote and supported independence, but then I had to take a flight the day afterwards and there were people protesting everywhere and blocking one of the freeways leading to El Prat and I had a flight that day.

Well, the for real part referred to the fact I was more than ready to start bulldozing a CX-9 through a crowd of protesters if they didn't move aside.

Oh, the way you phrased that at first I thought you meant people had literally blocked off the airport and made an exception for you. Which would be funny cuz the plane wouldn't have taken off anyway...

Anyway.

[LegalLoliLover]

As you know, Jackie Chan is a Communist ass kisser, but apparently, the actress for the new Mulan movie also supports Hong Kong police. Is there any Asian actor born in China who isn't a de facto Chinese spy? Honestly, if you were to remake older movies with Asian villains but instead hire actual Asians to play them (such as Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon) in order to make the concept not racist, one should hire Asian actors not born in China or else, like with Kevin Spacey, the villainy would not be mere "acting".

[Strange_One]

Only heard as a rumor as I haven't looked into it. But apparently a lot of Chinese actors(celebs?) all shared very similar messages of of support for HK police on that day.

Jackie Chan's allegiance is well known. But I wonder how many of them genuinely support what they posted.

Seems Yifei is drawing particular criticism because of her US citizenship and her leading role in a Disney movie.

[Kamera]

It's 2019 and people still think China is Communist. .

[SeiKeo]

I'm no racist so I'm not going to ideologysplain to POC what their system of government is

[Dullahan]

she's method acting bro

mulan was a patriot who defended her state from foreign subversives

yifei is just getting in character

[Mattias]

Given that China recently disappeared the head of Interpol for tax stuff, I'm pretty sure most Hong Kong born celebrities are just covering their asses so they don't get pulled for sedition.

[Deathhappens]

Wait, really? That sounds like a pretty important person to just disappear like that.

[Mattias]

It was a few months back. He went home to visit and no one heard from him for weeks. Here's the start, and here's the latest I've heard of.

I think it's the most prominent person they've done it to, but a bunch of social media celebrities have had it happen too.

[LegalLoliLover]

she's method acting bro

As good a method actor as Kevin Spacey?

[rxrx]

So what is wrong with supporting your country when you know the alternative is the Whites shitting on you all over again just like how it was in Qing?

[Mcjon01]

Perhaps that’s a false dichotomy and there are more choices than totalitarianism and colonialism

You know
Perhaps

[rxrx]

Perhaps that’s a false dichotomy and there are more choices than totalitarianism and colonialism

You know
Perhaps

Not when America's Neo Colonialism is a very real threat