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A comment on Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial. Parent comment

Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by xyzal on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:20PM (#46278248)
Can you imagine a Chinese person writing like you just did on Weibo?

Democracy/liberalism/civil liberties etc. isn't 100% or not at all.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by benmmurphy on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:41PM (#46278524)
That reminds me of an old cold war joke. In China you are free to criticise western governments on Weibo. What is the problem?
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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by snapcaster on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:38PM (#46279363)
This feels very dismissive. The comment you responded is about the very real killing of a lot of people and your response is "at least we can talk about it?"

Being free to talk about the horrible things happening doesn't appear to stop them from happening so what exactly is your point here?

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