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Originally Posted by troung
At the end of the day I am a private citizen calling the leadership and enforcers of a violent dictatorship thugs. Same way I can call the Iranian mullahs thugs, Mugabe a thug, Bashir a thug, Kamirov a thug and so forth - they is what they is. If these vile regimes get offended that in some nations private citizens have a right to say these things, a right to protest and have a free media which brings light to oppression then maybe they should change their behavior but free people sure as **** shouldn't be muzzled as to not offend vile regimes.
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Praise first:
I see, we are actually talking about different things. Offending the regimes? Go ahead, we need guys like you outside the system to keep CCP awake, since free press is still a goal to achieve in China. I respect your belief and righteousness.
Here comes my argument:
But if you had stated the offending target clearly, distinguishing CCP and general Chinese, you would have won my respect much easier. And now you see my point? The power of rhetoric. Too many times it is just a mere misunderstanding, because of culture difference.