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tomp ◴[] No.21190973[source]
China is very smart. They saw what was happening in the West - oppression of freedom of speech on account of "hurt feelings" - and applied the same principles for their own nefarious purposes ("hurt Chinese feelings" a.k.a. political censorship).

Literally noone could have seen this coming. /s

edit: XCabbage better explains what I was trying to say. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21191253

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bjourne ◴[] No.21191065[source]
Can you give an example of what you mean with "oppression of freedom of speech on account of hurt feelings"? Because I wasn't aware that such oppression were ongoing. To me it sounds like a fringe theory spread by those who oppose hate speech laws.
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1. tomp ◴[] No.21191155[source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shaming#Tim_Hunt_contro...
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2. bjourne ◴[] No.21191559[source]
Who do you claim is oppressing who's freedom om speech on account of hurt feelings in your example?