No, it was not.

The OP claimed, or strongly suggested that China is more democratic than the west. This seems farcical given the points I raised.

Make me. You can't.

I will never stop replying.

The point is that Iran or Palestine or China, or whoever being unjust targets of US/western imperialism or bad faith allegations or genocide doesn't automatically make their societies egalitarian or democratic. Both things can be true.

So no ability to explain it.

And I'll do whatever I like, and without your permission.

Pinkwashing what? I’m making the point that these are valid aspects to measure how free the people of a country are. In the USA and many western countries, there are journalists, activists, commentators etc who are openly pro-Beijing in their rhetoric. Are there equivalents in China who would be pro-NATO/Taiwan/USA?

As I said, you reply to me - I'll reply back.

You came to me. You reply to me, I'll reply back.

So you have no answer.

I said absolutely nothing about the conflict there. Israel can be barborous in whole and it would have nothing to do with how civil society would look if Hamas governed them. The USA and Israel were utterly wrong to bomb Iran, but that doesn't magically make Iran a free society.

My question remains unanswered: In the USA and many western countries, there are journalists, activists, commentators etc who are openly pro-Beijing in their rhetoric. Are there equivalents in China who would be pro-NATO/Taiwan/USA?

I'm assuming you don't pretend that a society that Hamas governs would be a free society. Right?

My question remains unanswered: In the USA and many western countries, there are journalists, activists, commentators etc who are openly pro-Beijing in their rhetoric. Are there equivalents in China who would be pro-NATO/Taiwan/USA?

Crimea? Via referendum, sure.

I don't really regard the referendums conducted in the occupied regions of Ukraine to be valid at all.

Do you support Taiwan's self-determination?

Pinkwashing what? I'm making the point that these are valid aspects to measure how free the people of a country are. In the USA and many western countries, there are journalists, activists, commentators etc who are openly pro-Beijing. Are there equivalents in China who would be pro-NATO/Taiwan/USA?

Why are LGBT rights suddenly just something to ignore when it comes to this when China is bought up?

There's no misinterpretation. You openly support the state banning LGBT expression. That's a form of persecution.

If the government demanded that Christian-themed games be banned, that would be persecution to Christians. This is no different.

Why shouldn't a Solitaire game be allowed to have LGBT skins or themes?

Mine is that Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos - often touted as the 'big three' TV shows simply hold no interest to me. I recognise that they're all done very well and probably at the peak of their genre, but I don't really like crime, gangster and especially police shows.