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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 5 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 1.267s | source
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TazeTSchnitzel ◴[29 Aug 22 18:04 UTC] No.32641381[source]▶
It's really interesting that such a bland, un-subversive show whose only mentions of sensitive topics are in bad throwaway jokes is so heavily censored. I guess a more interesting show would just not get aired at all.
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swayvil ◴[29 Aug 22 18:20 UTC] No.32641593[source]▶
It's a deeper level of censorship. Not only will you refrain from thinking about these things in a tolerant light, you will refrain from thinking about these things at all.

It chops pieces off reality when you do that.

Censorship is amazing. So popular (downvotes anyone?), so casually employed, yet so incredibly destructive.

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1. RajT88 ◴[29 Aug 22 18:37 UTC] No.32641817[source]▶
Indeed. It seems to have had the effect of removing pieces of reality.

I had a conversation once with a Chinese national, about an article about LGBTQ+ people in China.

"There's no Gay people in China"

(me, points at a picture of 2 young Chinese men in the article)

"They're from Hong Kong. There's no Gay people in China."

OK then!

(This was quite a while back, I suspect the same conversation today would play out differently, since the popular opinion is that HK is in fact part of China)

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2. okasaki ◴[29 Aug 22 19:03 UTC] No.32642142[source]▶
What a bizarre and ridiculous view to form based on one conversation.

I'm sure you can find plenty of people in the west who believe stupid things. Does that mean that western countries are "removing pieces of reality"?

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3. RajT88 ◴[29 Aug 22 19:43 UTC] No.32642616[source]▶
> I'm sure you can find plenty of people in the west who believe stupid things. Does that mean that western countries are "removing pieces of reality"?

Yes. The past 20 years or so the media ecosystems have been trying to do exactly that, at least in the US where I live. Remove the bits they don't like, and invent out of whole cloth replacement bits.

4. aetherane ◴[29 Aug 22 19:45 UTC] No.32642643[source]▶
I have heard the same statement several times too. I think the point was in relation to the context of censorship of LGBTQ content.
5. astrange ◴[30 Aug 22 00:36 UTC] No.32645347[source]▶
I've heard this from Chinese lesbians too. They aren't out in China, but other people are completely incapable of noticing they're gay, and other women won't admit they're gay to them even if eg they have just had sex.