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Western leftists are so eager to talk politics on Little Red Book and the Chinese users are like (hexbear.net)

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You are welcome here but please don’t talk politics. This isn’t Baidu Tieba. I just want pictures of your cat.

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[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

Well that's not very good then is it

[-] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Obviously not. You take the good with the bad just like every social media; yes bad that political discussions like Palestine aren’t present. Good that discussions about jobs, healthcare, language learning, and socialism with Chinese characteristics are.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah fair, but cmon it's genocide it makes me sad they also don't care

[-] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In the little discourse I’ve seen, people support Palestine and oppose the genocide, it’s just not the app for that (yet? There’s been a huge uptick since yesterday) per the government. Definitely not defending it, just pointing out the benefits and downsides to the platform