• 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    in a country where face is everything

    In America no one cares about being embarrassed, that’s only compatible with the Asiatic brainpan!

    Toss Orientalism on your reading list:

    The term orientalism denotes the exaggeration of difference, the presumption of Western superiority, and the application of clichéd analytical models for perceiving the “Oriental world”.

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      Look, if I find it disrespectful and a scandal to watch that video, I assume that anybody who tends to value and respect the position, wisdom of their elders in an institution (more than us who throw them in nursing homes and ignore them forever) will find this pretty jarring for a well-functioning Chinese democracy.

      But you guys are hilarious, finding offense where none was given, you’re an amazing instance, I want you to know that, from the bottom of my heart.