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China and Europe seem to be taking a more pragmatic approach to their relationship as the Trump administration alienates US allies, but big differences remain over trade and Ukraine.

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[โ€“] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The argument was more nuanced.

'More nuanced'? You even got offensive as practically all others in this thread back then had a different opinion. People switch to pure propaganda bubbles anyway, whether or not you are explicitly fine with Chinese and Russian propaganda. There's is no excuse for that.

[โ€“] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't get offensive, but yes I noticed a certain group-think here when it comes to such things. But that is why places like lemmy.ml that enforce similar group-think via moderation actions are worse than what we are trying to do here.

[โ€“] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You are explicitly accepting here the worst of disinformation (in violation of the comm's rule, btw). And you have been offending people, just read your comments back then.

[โ€“] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 days ago

There is a difference between propaganda (which is usually true but with omissions and spins), and "missinformation" (like for example posting false personal details about an attacker in the immediate aftermath to spurr racial hatred), and no the above is not "the worst of", but it seems the kind you especially don't like ๐Ÿคท

And please don't make accusations without backing that up with actual links. I am not aware of offending anyone here in this community, and it certainly wasn't intentional.