That should be disqualifying right there. How do you take money from an entity created in a culture that bans the very speech you built your platform on and keep a straight face about it?
Claiming an entire people's culture is based on the actions of their government is flawed. What if we applied the same standard to the US and other Western Nations?
PS - Does anyone else find the undercurrent of subtle anti-Chinese racism on this site disturbing? I'm not even from East Asia and I find it deeply distasteful. If you posted some of this stuff about any other nation (or race), it would be [Flag] dead in minutes.
Whataboutism is not a valid means of argument.
Questioning the actions of a group of people is not racism.
I can think of many cases where that isn't the case.
Or was slavery a reflection on the enslaved?
In a direct democracy that may be true, but no country I am aware of has one. Most countries vary from representative Democracy up through full Dictatorship, with the wider society having ever less input as you move up the scale.
In the Chinese system the government isn't meant to be a reflection of the people's views, the people are meant to be a reflection of the government's system.
> Questioning the actions of a group of people is not racism.
The whole crux of this isn't that they're criticizing the Chinese government, it is that they're saying a Chinese owned company cannot be trusted because their culture is subpar. If that isn't racism I don't know what it is.
If the demonstrated values of a culture that isn't yours do not match up with your values, it is perfectly valid to not want to support those ill-values. That is not racism.
Obviously reddit mods "got it" that some political opinions just shouldn't be allowed.. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/project_v...
https://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-technology-banned-words...
https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/reddit-politics-r-polit...
Thankfully, the science is complete, and as these guys noted, open debate just can't be done with people who disagree or cherry pick the datas..
https://grist.org/climate-energy/reddits-science-forum-banne...
https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-unbanned-russia-magic...
These are just a few of the posts you can find outside of the goog..
I'm not saying I agree with any of the above opinions. However, I think it's pretty well documented that depending on your political persuasion, ideological bend, or ability to put aside reason in the name of "completed science", some opinions definitely hold more value than others. I for one am glad reddit has always appreciated that fact.
There's a strong case to be made that the censoring in certain countries like China, is actually helping the masses make sense of their world better.
I don't see how that happens though unless reddit abandons some of its principles