[msla]

> Please try to not be so polemic and disagreeable in your posts, and instead bring a spirit of respect here.

Pointing out the crimes of the PRC is not disrespectful.

Except, perhaps, to the PRC.

> Chinese people are human beings.

Nobody's saying they're not.

[browsercoin]

> Except, perhaps, to the PRC.

or people who has been unwittingly duped/brainwashed into buying that "China will overtake USA anytime now" propaganda.

it's not limited to race, I've definitely seen some white American dude shilling for China...smh

[PavlovsCat]

> it's not limited to race

Very true.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27307476

> The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said there was not enough evidence for the organisation to "either support or not support" placentophagy as there had not been enough research on the health benefits.

On the one hand I didn't want to post this because it kinda grossed me out and might ruin someone's day or something -- on the other hand, I "totally could see it being a thing in Asia", just because of the other powdered animal stuff; but wasn't aware of it being a thing, period, and I guess that would describe many people. And some of the sentences in that article are really quite something, oh my.

[browsercoin]

I literally just threw up after finishing my avocado sandwich.

should add NSFL to that link.

im done with HN for the rest of the day.

[yourbandsucks]

I'm not understanding the relevance here, could you explain?

[PavlovsCat]

I already did? OP said they placenta eating is a thing in China, and

> I "totally could see it being a thing in Asia", just because of the other powdered animal stuff; but wasn't aware of it being a thing [everywhere], period, and I guess that would describe many people

so I shared my, uhh, information, instead of just letting that stereotype kinda linger.

[yourbandsucks]

I didn't see OPs original rant, it's been flagged. I'm assuming there was something in there about how awful Chinese people are because placenta?

As far as it being a thing.. I'm pretty sure historically it's a really big thing. Protein is expensive for subsistence farmers. Too bad OP lost their lunch over it

[PavlovsCat]

> I'm assuming there was something in there about how awful Chinese people are because placenta?

Exactly that.

[browsercoin]

PavlovsCat wrote a very generalizing statement about what "Asians" eat and then tried to smear it on me. It was a thinly veiled racism but then again people from UK doesn't seem to have a good grip on what is considered racist in North America. What he wrote would fall under sneaky bigotry. Not full blown racism but I'm used to seeing dogwhistling on reddit.

I only wrote that the corrupt Chinese elite exploit the people including taking prisoners organs, prostitution, all sorts of human rights abuse.

but somehow it's been derived to that removed comment which implied that I didn't view Mainland China unfavorably, please don't try to conflate it with sinophobia, I haven't made that case at all, it's just apalling behavior from the Communist party of China that pisses me off because it pains me to see what my Chinese friends go through.

[yourbandsucks]

Maybe you're so bought into an "us vs them" mentality that you equated fair-mindedness with "shilling".