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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 120 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Help! China is doing a propaganda against widdle cinnamon roll America by checks notes telling the truth.

The US Occupation of Hawaii is illegal by the way.

[–] Snackuleata@hexbear.net 112 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But China and Russia don't care about Hawaii

Neither does the US

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tbh i find it entirely believable that your average CPC member regards Hawaiian peope more fondly than your average grillman, if even just for a lack of racist propaganda as a child

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[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

But nominally if nothing else, the US is responsible for it

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[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 110 points 1 year ago

Did the US neglect Hawaii? Impossible to say.

All I can say with certainty is that you're a traitor to the nation and a Russian shill far-right lunatic Chinese bot farmer should you suggest it was.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 105 points 1 year ago (1 children)

right-wing narrative

That narrative? The government should be helping its citizens. I am a very smart liberal and I definitely don't just categorize things as bad/right wing and good/liberal.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's kind of fucked up how the overton window in the US has shifted so far to the right that the mere idea that a government should ever help its people is foreign to them.

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh this is one of my favorite lib narratives. Pointing out when the US does a bad thing is ENEMY PROPAGANDA. See also: pointing out when the ENEMY does a good thing is ENEMY PROPAGANDA.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Didn't this also happen in the UK when long-corbyn got hold of Conservative plans to sell out the NHS to US insurance firms

IIRC the conversation ended up just being about how the document was leaked by rUsSiAn HaCkErS and discussing its contents would be playing into Putin's hands or something

[–] edge@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

Same with Hillary's emails. People like to use "but her emails" as some thought terminator as if her emails never actually mattered. They did. For one they showed media cooperation with the Democratic party.

[–] MerryChristmas@hexbear.net 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don't think we care about Hawaii, huh? Then explain how a native of Honolulu got elected president. Next thing you'll tell me this country has a racism problem, to which I will again point to Obama.

You know what country never elected Obama? Racist China. The very racist Chinese are trying to take Obama's homeland because they hate your faded bumper sticker from 2008.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 89 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All Native Hawaiians are tankies

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US Navy fuel depot poisoning the drinking water?

Sounds like some soviet tankie propaganda.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 59 points 1 year ago

They live off of feul. Tanks also live off of fuel. Therefore, they are tankies.

QED

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 75 points 1 year ago

You know what would really own the chinese and russians? Not neglecting Hawai'i.
This is like when Iran complained that LGBTQ-rights were used as a wedge issue by the US to foment revolution.

[–] Catradora_Stalinism@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago

This is why I never believe libs when they say they would support a free hawaii, because if a successful independent movement occurs, they're going to scream "CHINESE CCP PUPPETS" and kill us all.

[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish there was an obvious way to prevent this right-wing narrative

[–] rsaeshalm 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not much money to be made selling weapons to Hawaii though

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[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How exactly are the Hawaiian fires a "right wing issue"

I swear to god I find new ways to hate liberals every day

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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Helping people by utilizing the most highly funded military in the world is weakening it. We can't do good things with those resources. How else will we project our might wherever we want?

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[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

China, meet with Ryukyuan and Hawaiian independence activists please mao-shining

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago

Liberals live in an alternate reality to the rest of us

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago

Reality can't really be propaganda because Americans accepted their failing society as reality

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure if a Chinese relief ship showed up with supplies and rescue personnel America would have a normal one.

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

already happened with the earthquake in turkey. tons of headlines like "THEY'RE ONLY DOING THIS TO TIGHTEN THEIR GRIP"

also similar normal ones are had any time china bails a country out of IMF debt to the USA by giving them a 0% interest loan (and subsequently forgiving it)

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[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

RVAwonk

Reston in North Virginia? che-smile

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[–] ThisMachineKillsFascists@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I met someone today who told me the fires in Hawaii were caused by a giant laser.

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

China's just exercising its freedom of speech tho. As enlightened American liberals you should support that right?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago

us-foreign-policy

Sorry chief, chart says no.

[–] city_watch@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago
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