South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”

Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:08AM (#21189261)

I think we need to be really clear when we talk about these things.

When we write “the Chinese” there is bound to be at least some subset of readers who see that and assume the write meant all Chinese.

I don’t believe we can be certain of the writers intent until the writer makes it clear.

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Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by thrwy_01 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:53AM (#21189476)

Even if the writers clearly make this distinction, Chinese people, driven by Chinese propaganda, will often conflate the two. Indeed, Chinese people, even in a non political context will sometimes treat a comment about a single Chinese individual as a statement about all Chinese people.

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Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by dang on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:01AM (#21189850)

That's a separate issue. It's enough to clearly make this distinction oneself.

What you're saying about "Chinese people" seems to me true of all people.

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