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Re:Google blocks China ads that help bypass censorship by yorwba on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:33AM (#19541964)
> Since we're from different countries (I'm from the US), I realize that I am necessarily speaking from a position of privilege.

The implicit value judgment of the US as necessarily superior has the opposite effect of what you probably intended.

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Re:Google blocks China ads that help bypass censorship by dsfyu404ed on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:20AM (#19542545)
When it comes to being accepting of people who distrust and/or don't use mainstream things (like Google/FB) for reasons that sound tinfoil related to laymen the US is definitely in a position of privilege.
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Re:Google blocks China ads that help bypass censorship by zeta0134 on Monday April 01, 2019 @11:33PM (#19550841)
... you're right. I chose my words poorly there; I was meaning to call out a potential difference in culture (not knowing anything about South Korea) but it came out wrong. Apologies!
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