It’s not gate keeping if it’s symbolic as hate to people here. That’s neat for you, assuming you’re really chinese. But the sincerity and severity of 88 as a symbol of hate, has to be taken as that’s the most likely, as it’s far more dangerous to dismiss hate as potentially innocent, than the opposite. And I suspect that you’re not arguing this point at face value.
If it’s a hate symbol there, then keep it there. More often than not american treat the internet as “theirs”, then judge everyone like an american. The comment on the pic did not differentiate anything, so i might as well judge it as is.
assuming you’re really chinese
as it’s far more dangerous to dismiss hate as potentially innocent, than the opposite.
Even you’re doing exactly that, assuming everyone is american/westerner unless proven otherwise.
That’s fair to a point, but since “our” “values” have spread so thoroughly in the internet, since this was where the boom came from. Racist Americans took to the internet very early to spread hate and symbolism.
As an American, I admit ignorance that 88 was a special number in Chinese. However, you have to understand that I would have to actively seek out that information to know it before you said that. Which is awesome and why were all here, right? That said, our culture is so prevalent on the internet and otherwise that I suspect you did know that 88 was a number for Nazis. I mean, the fact that you know English and I don’t know Chinese is part of a testament to that, well that and our failing educational system.
I do appreciate you teaching me about another culture.
Always fuck Nazis and whatever other names they try to hide behind.
Yeah it’s a shame that “it is what it is” is the answer at the moment. We’d all rather it be different and hope that soon, it will be. But we’ve got a lot of work to do on our end.
It’s not gate keeping if it’s symbolic as hate to people here. That’s neat for you, assuming you’re really chinese. But the sincerity and severity of 88 as a symbol of hate, has to be taken as that’s the most likely, as it’s far more dangerous to dismiss hate as potentially innocent, than the opposite. And I suspect that you’re not arguing this point at face value.
If it’s a hate symbol there, then keep it there. More often than not american treat the internet as “theirs”, then judge everyone like an american. The comment on the pic did not differentiate anything, so i might as well judge it as is.
Even you’re doing exactly that, assuming everyone is american/westerner unless proven otherwise.
That’s fair to a point, but since “our” “values” have spread so thoroughly in the internet, since this was where the boom came from. Racist Americans took to the internet very early to spread hate and symbolism.
As an American, I admit ignorance that 88 was a special number in Chinese. However, you have to understand that I would have to actively seek out that information to know it before you said that. Which is awesome and why were all here, right? That said, our culture is so prevalent on the internet and otherwise that I suspect you did know that 88 was a number for Nazis. I mean, the fact that you know English and I don’t know Chinese is part of a testament to that, well that and our failing educational system.
I do appreciate you teaching me about another culture.
I appreciate your civility in this discussion, i’m just annoyed that it’s what it is. Same for the use of swastika by asian culture. Fuck nazi though.
Always fuck Nazis and whatever other names they try to hide behind.
Yeah it’s a shame that “it is what it is” is the answer at the moment. We’d all rather it be different and hope that soon, it will be. But we’ve got a lot of work to do on our end.