I have seen that the lemmy.ml mods will openly ban discussion about the CCP. I am wondering if the sh.itjust.works team allows criticism of government bodies, while still banning racism.
I’m not a tankie and have no love for the government of China (or any government) but there is an extent to which criticism of China is deployed by xenophobes and nazis as a kind of socially acceptable rallying call or dog whistle. So, I’m all for criticizing China, but remember the allegory of the crustpunk bar
https://twitter.com/IamRageSparkle/status/1280892535024619522
To me the key is, is the person upset about other imperialist powers in the world?
If they hate the CCP but never seem to criticize the US or Russia*, I have my doubts about their motivations.
*the russia one is less effective a gauge since the war started though. It’s now much more vogue to be anti-russia.
The CCP is literally rounding people up, putting them in camps, harvesting their organs, and working them to death. Wouldn’t they be the nazi in that story?
