"Baizuo is a Chinese neologism and political epithet used to refer to Western leftist ideologies primarily espoused by white people."
Any Chinese person or Sinophile who can give some more depth to what this means?
Any Chinese person or Sinophile who can give some more depth to what this means?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZzv5O6UYAA4cb6.jpg
(I'm not Chinese nor do i speak it)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamo-gauchisme
basically they accuse some left people to have been (too) tolerant with muslim people in the name of multiculturalism, leading to being laxist toward ideologies and cultural practices (such as islamic preachers in some mosques) that lead to / encourage to terrorism (a lot of the terror attacks we had came from people visiting the same mosques..).
it's not completely unfounded if you know some french left-wing poiticians
It is used to describe anything where efforts are proven or likely to be proven futile, not just in relation to politics.
Here is an example, if my parents saw me trying to boil a pot of water with a candle, they would refer to that action as baizuo.
This is my experience as a Taiwanese so it may be different in China.