Haha, casual sexism is funny when it's a sibling!

Again, read between the lines.

I'm a communist who likes cats and puns. If you can make a compelling argument for how celebrating Mao in the form of a cat pun has a basis in racism and the historical oppression of a people, I'm ready to change it.

The origin of the meme is not what I have issue with. The issue is with its use in Western countries and the history of how these countries stoke sinophobia. Criticism rooted in racism spills over into the mistreatment of people from the country that is the source of that racist sentiment in addition to foreigners.

If you aren't familiar with the history of racism, go read up on it.

Read between the lines.

Culture has an impact on politics and can be the spark for sudden and violent political upheaval.

I think you misinterpreted part of what I'm saying. The use of the meme in Taiwan and Hong Kong were political dissent, not racism.

The use of the meme in NATO countries is racist due to their history of racism and because this is one of the tools these governments use to convince you that China is your enemy and you should support military actions against them before their military becomes stronger than that of the US and they lose their monopoly on international power and subsequently their power to bully the rest of the world.

Before you dismiss this argument by saying it's just because Xi doesn't like the meme, where did you get this information? From what I've seen the Chinese government has not responded and the reasoning behind the ban is purely speculative. Sure, I believe they banned the comparison as it was the basis of geopolitical dissent, but to claim it's because a world leader who gets insulted frequently and in worse ways has thin skin is a stretch. He has bigger worries than Westerners tweeting at him.

If you want a tool to fight the power of dictators, you'd be better served focusing on organizing the citizens of your own country against the powers that work against their interests at home. They point you toward foreign leaders and say "look, they're worse" so you won't criticize the shit job your own "representatives" are doing at home.

Projecting much? Care to explain how it isn't racist or damaging with an argument other than "nuh-uh"?

The US arrests journalists for not revealing their sources that are damaging towards the US government. I wonder why they want to know those sources so badly? Maybe Julian Assange or Edward Snowden.

Not from the US? That's ok!

Plenty of European countries also have laws on the books to deal with you harassing government officials. I'm not even going to bother going into the topic of how these same governments quiet the dissent of socialists to this day. Turns out, if they feel like your criticism is damaging enough, they CAN haul you off to fucking prison.

Say it louder and I'm sure that will make it true. YOU ARE FREE!

Right, because if you allow racist tropes a little bit of leeway they won't become normalized and propagate over time.

How has voting in your bastion of democracy been working out for you? Did you get to vote to go to war? It's not like your leaders are any less authoritarian.

Said like someone who wants to maintain the integrity of their horrible, brainwashed echo chamber.

Why did this CNN article not address the issues with falsified rape reports from Ukrainian officials? Seems like they didn't bother to do a proper job exploring the issue. This isn't to deny that sexual assault is occuring in the conflict, it is instead meant to counter the broad painting of racist tropes being spread about Russian "Orcs" raping everywhere they go.

Rape tends to go hand-in-hand with war no matter which country is the invader. Something you'll need to contend with at the personal level is that if you are war-mongering, you are indirectly supporting sexual assaults among the people involved in the conflict. Maybe you should reconsider your justifications of war.

And racists gonna say dumb shit.

"I support fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian."

"It's such a relief that I can finally channel my racism in a socially-acceptable way now that we are in a proxy war with Russia. Orc orc orc."