askchapo

I think I am doing the opposite of uncritically swallowing anything. I said I'm not going to investigate and what I meant is that I'm not going to write an effortpost after multiple days of research. I, of course, did do the bare minimum of checking that other news outlets are also posting about this and these arrests are indeed happening before saying anything.

Now, about phobic intent. This is exactly what my very-very first comment was about! I am queer and I know a lot about queer history. I know it happens very often that there is some rule that technically applies to everyone but is applied much more strictly when it comes to queer people. I know cishet people always say this isn't happening. This is why, if Xi himself called me right now and said that they have no such intent, I would struggle to believe him. And this is what I was trying to point out. Unfortunately, nobody engaged with this point and instead everyone is trying to prove that I am an RFA koolaid drinker, and I think this is reactionary.

P.S. Your initial comment was alright, I've heard worse towards me here <3