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by fasbiner 107 days ago
I would also like to know if these are dual citizens or not. I think it would be newsworthy if hundreds of US passport holders who do not have chinese passports also were being held in China and not charged with any crime and unable to access consular services.

Sensationalizing claims then qualifying them later is inherently dishonest.
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pamcake 107 days ago
> Sensationalizing claims then qualifying them later is inherently dishonest.

So is sealioning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

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fasbiner 105 days ago
> A two sentence comment requesting one piece of information that is highly likely to be collated with the original information for any reputable source

You would describe that as "relentless, harassing, and tangental?" rather than say "I can see how that would be a relevant question, I'm not sure."

I hope your mental health improves in the future, it's unfortunately not possible to assume good faith on your part when you jump to thought terminating cliches.

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