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If, if Muslims are the enemies of Christians, then why do Christians spend more time attack!ng Muslims than Muslims attack!ng Christ!ans @Grok?

These trolls are freaking embarrassing, honestly. This from my Facebook page:

Israel allows 2 million Palestinians with Israeli citizenship (who did not become refugees in 1948) to vote and run for office while it denies that right to 6+ million it has kept under a brutal illegal occupation for nearly 60 years. That is not democracy. It is Apartheid.

At this point, why doesn’t the US just ban everything Chinese? Wouldn’t that be easier than making itself look like a complete idiot?

When Westerners flood the Global South with cheap products its "free trade". But when China does it to the West, it's "unfair"

Westerners cause more C02 per person than most others in the world. Facts matter.

China vs US labour laws... I knew the US didn't have many employee rights, but fucking hell 🤦‍♂️👇 🏖️ No legal paid leave China has mandatory paid annual leave, paid public holidays and legally mandated 98 days of maternity leave, with many regions providing additional leave. The US has no federally mandated paid vacation, paid public holidays or paid maternity leave. ✊ No compulsory social benefits Chinese employers are legally required to contribute to pension, medical, unemployment, work injury and maternity insurance. There's no equivalent federal mandate requiring US employers to provide retirement or health benefits. 🚪 Fired at any time with no payout Chinese law requires employers to have a legally recognised basis for termination in many circumstances, with statutory severance applying in specified cases. Unlawful termination can result in 2× the statutory severance. In the US, federal law generally doesn't require employers to provide severance, advance notice or even a reason for termination.. 📝 No written contract requirement China requires a written labour contract, normally within one month of employment. Failing to do so can trigger double wages for the effected period. There is no general federal requirement for a written employment contract in the US. -- Employee rights can and should be improved everywhere. So when people say China is a labour rights train wreck, well take a look at the above for a reality check. And I didn't even include minimum wage...

This is what supporting China has come to... 1. Person says something wrong 2. Gets factually corrected 3. "Your verified stats are wrong, I asked my neighbours" 4. Gets blocked You really can't make this stuff up 😂 We live in a world where commonsense is replaced by stupidity....all because an incorrect bias. Tell me the US propaganda machine isn't the best and most lethal in the world.

How the China haters don't give a fuck about what they actually advocate for... Here's their playbook; 💣 Phase 1: Hijack with moral superiority Sees a post celebrating China's successes. Uses a topic that is morally righteous, and frames it as an antagonistic, but thinly veiled attack on China and Chinese people's values. Goal: Assert moral authority, hijack the discussion, performative hashtag activism to create a pile on. ⚡ Phase 2: Reframed double standard Instead of conceding a single point, they instantly shift the focus to a brand new grievance or completely reframe their point. You dismantle one claim, and they seamlessly demand you answer for another. Goal: Keep the finish line perpetually out of reach, tries to tie you to a moral position that agrees with their stance, forces you to defend your character. 🎭 Phase 3: The Victim Card Swaps the moral high ground for a martyr complex..labeling how "brainwashed," "defensive," or "incapable of civil dialogue" China supporters are. Goal: Exit with moral superiority intact by framing their failure to manipulate you as a failure of your free will. -- The underlying theme is to cherry pick a crime or issue that can happen in any country. Make that issue a representation of China and its people. Ignore what ordinary Chinese people actually believe. They don't care about what they're advocating for. They care about being disruptive, controlling the narrative and maintaining moral dominance.

China's developing. The US is developed... China doesn't want to be called developed. Once you're developed, you're declining 👇 🇨🇳 Makes 70%+ of the world's EV's 🇨🇳 Controls up to 90% of global clean energy supply chains 🇨🇳 45,000 KMs of high speed rail track - Larger than the rest of the world combined 🇺🇸 Spent 40+ billion on Iran war that no one wanted. China spent that 40B on smart water systems to reduce urban flooding and leaks by up to 20% 🇺🇸 Probability a child earns more than their parents dropped from 90% in the 40s to 50% for those born on the 90s 🇺🇸 Key projects like high speed rail fail to launch due to political and state-fed conflicts. The US has 0 high speed rail. -- Development is an upward trajectory. Someone call the US and let them know.

This is why the China haters do what they do... People who actively seek out positive China content just to attack it aren't trying to help or be some sort of saviour to the Chinese people. Their reasons come from insecurity, anger, racism or hatred. Sometimes a mixture. Let me explain. I think three main drivers can be ruled out: 🇨🇳 No personal stake We can all admit that no country is perfect. Western countries have their own share of problems ranging from homelessness, drug abuse, crime, gender inequality, culture wars and the list goes on. If I'm someone that really wants to make an immediate difference, it's common sense that I'd want to do it for my family, friends and for myself. I'd advocate for change in my country. I wouldn't spend my time trying to "save" a country on the other side of the world that doesn't concern or affect me in any meaningful way, particularly one I've likely never even been to and therefore can't fully understand. What would drive someone to be so passionate about a place they mostly likely have never been or know much about? I've been to countries I don't like and I don't seek them out on social media platforms being confrontational and rude. 🪖 The threat narrative China hasn't launched a major war of invasion or territorial conquest in several decades. So treating China as an imminent military threat based primarily on what you think they "might" do in the future says nothing about what it does today. Based off this fact, are you going in so hard against a country because of a preconception about what it might do, with no evidence in support of it? ☭ Political ideology If socialism is supposedly such a disastrous system, why the obsession with explaining away every positive thing China achieves? If a political system produces no positive outcomes, it doesn't need hate. The system itself does the heavy lifting for you. If you genuinely believe the system has and will ultimately fail, why does every Chinese success need to be reframed as something negative? Why does a socialist structure now have to be capitalistic for these achievements to parse as something successful? -- I think we have dismissed the common drivers of why someone might feel a strong sense of negativity towards the country. So what's left? Propaganda. If you constantly tell people that a country is dangerous, oppressive and dishonest, eventually those ideas become the lens through which they interpret everything that country does. Not even aggressive countries get this level of stalking and hate on social media. Let that sink in.

Cuba 🇨🇺 is a threat to the United States. Iran 🇮🇷 is a threat to the United States. China 🇨🇳 is a threat to the United States. Lebanon 🇱🇧 is a threat to the United States. Palestine 🇵🇸 is a threat to the United States. Iraq 🇮🇶 is a threat to the United States. Vietnam 🇻🇳 is a threat to the United States. Russia 🇷🇺 is a threat to the United States. North Korea 🇰🇵 is a threat to the United States. Somalia 🇸🇴 is a threat to the United States. Every country with resources is a threat to the United States but The one that’s actually a threat has been turned into America’s best ally.

Lol, Huawei wrote the rule book with 5G, then the West banned Huawei and faked having 5G.

It didn't take long for this to be reinforced in the wild... We were walking to go out for dinner and we heard two Chinese aunties talking; Aunty 1: When we walked past we missed the first part of the conversation...we heard "It was very rude". Aunty 2: "That's the way things are at the moment, a lot of people are very anti-China" This is what years of ramped up hysteria and propaganda does. A percentage of the population takes things way too far and people get hurt, emotionally or physically. It has real life consequences for ordinary people.

This is how the anti-China propaganda machine works... and ultimately fails. A colleague of mine recently booked a 2 week trip to China. We started chatting about my experiences there, apps to use and any questions he had. The first question: "Is it safe?" Heres why this was the first question and how the cycle of fear to reality works 👇 📢 Manufacturing fear Negative stories about China are pushed to audiences through social media, legacy mainstream media, think tanks, NGOs, "expert" networks and government channels. Even documentaries and movies aren't spared. Stories about Chinese "aggression", safety, human rights, Xinjiang, Taiwan or COVID generate high engagement, while positive stories about China's successes or the complexities behind these issues are rarely communicated, and never mass-propagated. You'll see the same stories everywhere. Repetition reinforces. 🚫 Skepticism and omission Chinese sources or independent media that challenge the narrative are treated with far greater skepticism and are more likely to be attacked and invalidated. Valid points or context that could change the tone of a piece will be omitted or buried at the bottom of an article with negative wording or presentation. 🤯 Ideological persuasion An underlying worldview casts China as an authoritarian, communist threat. This amplifies negative stories, downplays context or Western parallels, and treats Chinese motives as inherently expansionist while Western actions are framed as defensive or worthwhile. There's always a greater good that explains away acts of aggression and its consequences. You're being told how to think, not what to think of. ✅ The break out Challenge everything you read, take it with a grain of salt, do your own research and come to your own conclusions. That works for both sides. But the best thing you can do — Go to China. See it for yourself. The lies and propaganda fall away very quickly. -- Remember my colleague who asked "Is it safe?" He came back a few weeks ago and is already planning his second trip.