China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.

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    He’s not just a dictator, he’s also a dick.

    What’s he going to do? Fling his pooh?

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      Gee, I wonder which group of users would do something like that…

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        Probably the antiracists. You should wonder if you’re on the right side when you are promoting and supporting racism.

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          LMAO! Racist? I didn’t know “dictator” was a race! Please, enlighten me.

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            The Winnie the Pooh meme about Xi is just racism. I don’t care if you think he’s a dictator.

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      It’s definitely part communists, but I think mostly special interest groups, maybe even from China itself.

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        You really want to feel special enough to think the Chinese government would even care about this internet backwater? Get real.

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    If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, there’s a high probability it is a duck.

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    I disagree with some of Scholz’s policies, but he is kind of a breath of fresh air. Merkel was a great leader, but she played it far too safe.

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    Very noticeable that they didn’t specify how he wasn’t a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.

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        I use a client that can block instances, so I have all of Hexbear blocked. It radically improves the Lemmy experience.

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            Have you ever bothered to read the rules of your instance? If I go on there and say anything negative about your cute dictator I’ll be banned. However, you can freely go on our greedy capitalist instances and praise your teddy bear as much as you want. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. I guess your mind can’t comprehend being free.

            • Red Wizard 🪄@lemmygrad.ml
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              Do you mean the rule about not being Sinophobic? Is that really a hard rule for you to follow? I like to look at objective reality instead of just barking the same nonsensical shibboleths when the topic of China arises.

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                No capitalist apologia / anti-communism

                You would whine even harder if lemmy.ml had No communist apologia / anti-capitalism in their rules.

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                  Most anti-communism has no basis in reality and often are myths perpetuated by state agencies. All Anti-Capitalist sentiment is rooted in the material realities of our world and life. To deny socialist historical reality is to deny your own history, and ultimately is an admission of your disingenuous support of the truth.

                  Historical Materialism is truth seeking in practice. It requires you to have a fact based, objective view of our past and present.

                  Also I don’t know why I would whine, because I’m not using lemmy.ml. That instance can have whatever rules they want. I wouldn’t block or defederate from them because of it either. But if you are not interested in seeking the truth and objectively observing reality, then I guess you can insolate yourself from it and keep your echos.

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      Because he was democratically elected in a transparent election. Unlike the current American demented imbecile.

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    Obviously he’s not a “dictator”, and that foreign minister should be sacked. Because Xi is a “supreme almighty emperor whose words are worth to be enforced or else…” A bit of background knowledge is never a bad thing.

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      The only empire is the US empire and the way they talk about themselves as an empire, they’re proud of it too. Yell one-word feel-good slogans at them like “CHANGE”, “FREEDOM”, or “DEMOCRACY” and all the citizens shout and cheer because that’s what they’ve always been told to do.

      Try sitting during the pledge, the singing of the national anthem, or insulting the military. The US empire will have none of that. Truly the land of the free.

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    Xi said that he’d start executing German tourists if they didn’t take it back

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    Most dictators haven’t gone by that term, preferring instead some other executive role like chairman, supreme leader, or president. If Xi doesn’t want to be called a dictator, maybe China should start holding open elections, see how popular the CCP really is.

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      The CCP has higher approval rates than western governments and the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy. This is confirmed by western studies; latest one I’ve seen was from Harvard.

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        The CCP does not have confidence in that though, hence the way it runs the elections there.

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          I’d say that it has confidence in that, but their elections and government are structured in a different way.

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            Just like Ford sold their cars in any colour you want, so long as it is black.

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              If 95% of ford owners were satisfied with their black cars, vs 40% for another manufacturer that provides cars in multiple colors, then ford would be the better manufacturer.