#yeah i admit its close to how conspiracists read their news but to be fair

[selamat-linting]

not to be shitty but today i just see two people with wildly different stance on china on my dash. the first was a full blown patriot, handing out imperfectly translated receipts of people's comments on weibo. the other utterly hated the government, speak in perfect english about freedom and even share links of documentaries in english so people would understand why they hate the government. they both live in china. interesting how the same place can lead to wildly different perspectives. i kinda want to see them duke it out online.

#to be honest. i trust the patriot more than the one with better presented facts #its an experience thing #somehow imperfect translations and blurry footage are always more accurate to perfectly curated news clips #yeah i admit its close to how conspiracists read their news but to be fair #the entire american administration and mainstream media lied about WMDs and they all seemed reputable arent they? #at least i wont talk about actually knowing things because i know my sources are shifty as hell #unless i tracked the source of the comments #which i can btw. since it was mostly public weibo post and news article comments #its a hassle but you can find it and see the original comment thread and compare how many people actually think like in the screenshots #and then do some basic research on what kind of internet corner youre in to verify its validity and background #and then google translate to make sure youre not misled by false translations #dont forget for basic points : make sure youre actually reading a comment from a real ordinary person. not a bot #its a pain i know #i havent even talked about the firewall #but searching for comment sources is more doable than finding sources from western media #like i've done both #and the western media somehow almost always starts from a news article from anonymous sources or one white man #whose wikipedia article said he was a christian fundamentalist who never even stepped foot to the land he's warning against #what kind of world are we in? #how come a badly translated comment screenshots from some randos has more weight as a witness/evidence than a full blown media production? #politics