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People need to realize you can use alternatives

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so the chances of my account vanishing are small

As long as you don't mention Tiananmen Square or the CCP's ongoing genocide of Uyghurs ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep seeing people joke about this-do the mods here really ban people for talking about it? It seems like it's a bit of a meme here...

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Short answer: yes, the mods consider criticism of the CCP to be "orientalism" (ie, racist against Asians).

There was a bit of a kerfuffle the other day: https://beehaw.org/post/457546