China Cracks Down on Entertainers with "Incorrect Political Positions"

[JohnBrown1917]

What China does is China's business. Not our place to tell them what to do or how to do it.

Personally, I feel like the West could learn a few things from China.

PS: Don't bother trying to provoke a reaction or further discussion on the subject, as having different ideas is considered trolling on these forums.

Turns out you can have opinions on what other countries do while supporting they keep independence.

[Noxx79]

I dunno maybe it’s the fact that my family came to the US to get away from the CCP and idiots like you think American values are inferior because you’ve bought into the racist hogwash being spewed from the progressives. Fuck off.

Then why are you parroting the racist ccp?

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Right, its the progressives that are racist, not a bunch of southern rednecks that would want nothing more than make lynching of black people legal.

Again, he’s mad that he’s has to acknowledge that the default isn’t white male, and it’s scaring them.

[DarkAmbient]

The K-Pop stans have become too powerful...soon they shall rule the world.

Maybe not for long.

A group of K-pop fans in China have become the latest victims of a crackdown on celebrity culture.

Twenty-two fan accounts have been suspended by Chinese social media site Sina Weibo for what it called "irrational star-chasing behaviour".

They include fans of Korean pop band BTS who crowdfunded on the platform to customise an aeroplane for singer Park Ji-Min's 26th birthday.

Weibo accused one fan account of "illegal fundraising" for the stunt.

In a statement, the company said it "firmly opposes such irrational star-chasing behaviour and will deal with it seriously".

It also pledged to "purify" online discussions and "regulate community order" on its platform.

The BTS account was suspended from posting for 60 days. Other accounts supporting K-pop acts Blackpink, GOT7 and EXO - who have Chinese members - were given 30-day bans.

[DarkAmbient]

I find that phrase "purifying online discussions" quite chilling. The Chinese regime is monstrous.

[Kokolums]

I find that phrase "purifying online discussions" quite chilling. The Chinese regime is monstrous.

Just wait until you find out China has committed genocide against ethnic groups!

[TexasRules]

Seems the divide is more about "who you are bigoted against".

Notice no one on this board called out the white woman who threw an egg at Larry Elder. If that had been a white woman throwing an egg at a black democrat there would be a thread with 30-40 pages talking about the racists in the gop. Like everything else, democrats are hypocritical on race also. But, nothing to see here.

[Endus]

Notice no one on this board called out the white woman who threw an egg at Larry Elder. If that had been a white woman throwing an egg at a black democrat there would be a thread with 30-40 pages talking about the racists in the gop. Like everything else, democrats are hypocritical on race also. But, nothing to see here.

Oh no, an egg. The horror.

You're whining about an egg toss and using that to leap off into trying to justify a nonsense persecution complex.

[Ihavewaffles]

So, China is acting like Hollywood? But if it was for the same set of politics, people here wouldn't complain i bets..

[Dontrike]

Pretty sure he’d disapprove of a lot if not all of that.

I wish my fan fictions were as good as yours. Cucker is all about being "manly" considering a couple months ago he was practically quaking from one man telling him how awful he is.

[JohnBrown1917]

So, China is acting like Hollywood? But if it was for the same set of politics, people here wouldn't complain i bets..

Hollywood is 100% profit driven towards what ever brings in the most money, the hell you on about?

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Notice no one on this board called out the white woman who threw an egg at Larry Elder. If that had been a white woman throwing an egg at a black democrat there would be a thread with 30-40 pages talking about the racists in the gop. Like everything else, democrats are hypocritical on race also. But, nothing to see here.

You know throwing eggs is not racist, right?

[Themius]

I find that phrase "purifying online discussions" quite chilling. The Chinese regime is monstrous.

I have to wonder sometimes if people are American or not before they say things like this. If they aren't perhaps they also think the same of America. if they are American then I wonder what they think of us in comparison to China.

China has some serious issue, though I suspect they're slightly ahead of the USA on the morality scale due to less intervention.

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Hollywood is 100% profit driven towards what ever brings in the most money, the hell you on about?

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You know throwing eggs is not racist, right?

I don't know what they're talking about but the CIA was at one point involved with Hollywood and newspapers... and media outlets.

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...lywood/491138/

The CIA has a long history of “spooking the news,” dating back to its earliest days when the legendary spymaster Allen Dulles and his top staff drank and dined regularly with the press elite of New York and Washington, and the agency boasted hundreds of U.S. and foreign journalists as paid and unpaid assets. In 1977, after this systematic media manipulation was publicly exposed by congressional investigations, the CIA created an Office of Public Affairs that was tasked with guiding press coverage of intelligence matters in a more transparent fashion. The agency insists that it no longer maintains a stable of friendly American journalists, and that its efforts to influence the press are much more above board. But, in truth, the intelligence empire’s efforts to manufacture the truth and mold public opinion are more vast and varied than ever before. One of its foremost assets? Hollywood.

Waffle is saying that "Hollywood" is doing something when really it's more that the government at one point was involved. Similar to how police got involved to change how they were portrayed in media. So waffle has things backwards.

[DarkAmbient]

Just wait until you find out China has committed genocide against ethnic groups!

Of course I know about that.

I have to wonder sometimes if people are American or not before they say things like this. If they aren't perhaps they also think the same of America. if they are American then I wonder what they think of us in comparison to China.

???

[Themius]

Of course I know about that.



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What are you confused about exactly? I thought it was clear but just ask a question and I can clarify.

[DarkAmbient]

What are you confused about exactly? I thought it was clear but just ask a question and I can clarify.

You gave no indication as to why my nationality or opinion of America were relevant to my comment.

[Themius]

You gave no indication as to why my nationality or opinion of America were relevant to my comment.

My post says I wonder about people who say those things about China. I wonder if they also consider the USA among the ranks of horrible regimes especially for other countries. An American typically will be myopic and not notice the ills of their country whole someone say from Belgium may view them differently.

I don’t know your nationality hence I wonder what it is and what’s your opinion on America.

[Milchshake]

K-Pop wins another round for youth culture!

BTS addresses world leaders and performs at the UN General Assembly



It's the thought of being young
When your heart's just like a drum
Beating louder with no way to guard it
When it all seems like it's wrong
Just sing along to Elton John
And to that feeling, we're just getting started
When the nights get colder
And the rhythms got you falling behind
Just dream about that moment
When you look yourself right in the eye, eye, eye
Then you say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
There's always something that's standing in the way
But if you don't let it faze ya, you'll know just how to break
Just keep the right vibe, yeah, 'cause there's no looking back
There ain't no one to prove, we don't got this on lock, yeah
The wait is over
The time is now, so let's do it right
Yeah, we'll keep going
And stay up until we see the sunrise
And we'll say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na, da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
No, we don't need permission to dance
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na, da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Well, let me show ya
That we can keep the fire alive, mmm
'Cause it's not over
Till it's over, say it one more time, say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going (the music's got me going)
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah (hey)
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools (like we're dancing fools)
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land (we know how to land)
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance

[Yadryonych]

BTS addresses world leaders and performs at the UN General Assembly

*yawn* wake me up when President Camacho performs at the State of the Union Address

[JohnBrown1917]

K-Pop wins another round for youth culture!

BTS addresses world leaders and performs at the UN General Assembly

Capitalism wins another round*



No wait, scrap that, I actually have no idea if anybody besides BTS 'wins' anything here. I don't even know what the point of this was(aside from generating profits for BTS).