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He was responding to a question about the cancellation of his exhibition by the Lisson Gallery in London in November following comments on social media referencing the Israel-Hamas conflict.
His post, which was subsequently deleted, suggested the “sense of guilt around the persecution of the Jewish people” had been transferred and used against the Arab world.
Referring to his own family’s exile when he was one year old, the activist said: "I grew up within this heavy political censorship.
“I realise now, today in the West, you are doing exactly the same.”
He drew parallels with the disastrous purge under Mao, which took China to the brink of anarchy.
Criticising the suspension of two New York University professors for comments related to Gaza, Ai said: "This is really like a cultural revolution, which is really trying to destroy anybody who have different attitudes, not even a clear opinion.
Ai’s art often addresses political issues in China and he has frequently criticised Beijing’s record on human rights and democracy.
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Except he’s allowed to say that…
His post, which was subsequently deleted,
…which was then reported on by Western media and he wasn’t thrown into a prison camp.
So again, he’s allowed to say that.
Ah yes cancelling artists livelihoods and censoring them is entirely different.
We’re lucky America doesn’t run any torture camps where they lock up people without trial.
We’re lucky America doesn’t run any torture camps where they lock up people without trial.
Which one has he been put in because of what he said? Please name the facility.
I debunked your entire point with evidence and you’re pivoting.
Address this line:
We’re lucky America doesn’t run any torture camps where they lock up people without trial.
My entire point is that he is able to say what he wants to say without being thrown into one of those camps.
Thus it is not exactly the same.
You seem to have a strange idea in your head that it is impossible to criticize America (he said the West as a whole, by the way) without comparing it to one of history’s worst dictatorships.
Believe it or not, it’s not a contest. You can criticize both and still admit one was worse.
Either that, or you know nothing about 20th century Chinese history.
Ah the enlightened take where censorship only applies if people get thrown in jail.
Nevermind them being deplatformed and their livelihood being taken away
West has to look more democratic than China to keep the show mean “democracy” going so of course we allow more than China, but news is still being censored and journalists are being silenced in the West as well
propaganda machines got you thinking otherwise
has to be two teams each on “opposing sides” to get the citizens rallied in the right camp and thinking
If that’s the case then he should have no issue discussing Tianamen Square?
As much as an issue as saying that Hamas didn’t commit any rape on Oct7 which is factually true.
Have people had an issue saying that?
Yes. In fact multiple of my posts in the past from MondoWeiss and The Grayzone debunking many of the initial rape accusations even on Lemmy have been removed by mods for supposedly being “propaganda”.
All while allowing multiple posts from Zionist outlets such as New York Times filled with propaganda to manufacture consent for Genocide were allowed the front page. Of course, all without a shred of evidence.
Even the mods here are very complicit in censorship for israel and they still are removing many Pro-Palestinian media and even from NGO’s such as EuroMed-Monitor without any credible reason.
Now four months into the Genocide everyone is starting to realize that the rape accusations were completely false it was manufactured consent all along.
His “art” looks like it’s just him going places and taking pictures of flipping the bird at some landscapes? Edgy
being reductive about any process is easy.
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Olympic medalists just run really quick in one direction
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The Godfather movies are just a bunch of people talking about fake stuff
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Your partner/child is just a collection of cells responding to stimulus.
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The Hubble telescope is just a tube with mirrors in
It renders any conversation pointless.
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He was hailed for criticizing China for being an oppressive regime. Very brave such hero.
Then he started criticizing israel and they cancelled all his exhibits.
As reported on by Sky News.
Do you still think all Western media, like SkyNews, are Zionist controlled Linkerbaan?
I seem to remember you making that claim. You also got upset when I disagreed with you, because unlike you I don’t think all western media are controlled by Israeli Jews and their allies.
I remember backing up my claims with evidence of graphs and NLP studies which you conveniently ignored and then left. Maybe go back and read those.
Furthermore not sure why you’re still using the word “Jew”. i have told you multiple times that Zionism and Judaism are two entirely different things so I’ll report your comment for anti-semitism.
Are you now claiming that the Zionist movement does not consist of Israeli Jews?
Yes the majority if Zionists are not Jewish this is a well known fact. In the words of Genocide Joe:
You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I’m a Zionist
And in the wise words of Ilan Pappe describing the white surpremacist Zionist movement:
“Most Zionists don’t believe that God exists, but they do believe that he promised them Palestine”
I remember backing up my claims with evidence of graphs and NLP studies which you conveniently ignored and then left. Maybe go back and read those.
Not me. Probably replied to someone else who was critical of you claiming all western media are controlled by ‘’‘The Zionists’‘’.
I’ll report your comment for anti-semitism.
You did that last time. Paraphrasing your claim that Israeli Jews and their allies (‘the Zionists’) control the media does not make me an anti-semite.
You really should take a long hard look in the mirror, instead of perpetuating nasty anti-semitic tropes. Especially when you just posted an article from a western media organisation which you claim is Zionist controlled.
Paraphrasing your claim that Israeli Jews and their allies (the Zionists) control the media does not make me an anti-semite
Yes it does. You are slandering Jews.
Also have a fun read https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/
You are slandering Jews.
By paraphrasing what you said? Almost self-aware.
Here’s the thing. Unlike you, I don’t think Israeli Jews and their allies control Western media. That’s you. But hey, feel free to abuse that report button. Sure the mods have nothing better to do.
Also have a fun read theintercept.com/…/newspapers-israel-palestine-bi…
You’re quoting a Western media article which is critical of pro-Israel bias, to prove that Western media are all controlled by the Zionists.
I mean…
Are you sure you’re not parrotting Zionist propaganda Linkerbaan? Netenyahu likes to paint any criticism of Israel as anti-semitism, and you certainly aren’t helping the Palestinian cause by going on about how western media are all controlled by Zionists.
his name is ai. he literally makes ai art
It’s even worse. Western censorship and spying are very strong, just like China. However many in the west have fallen for all the western propaganda without critical thinking. In China, they get propaganda fed to them as well but being less isolationist they seek out more information even if they don’t say it. Whereas Americans specifically will shout propaganda they heard and didn’t even understand from the rooftops and not care to educate themselves at all.
Americans believe that racism ended because Rosa Parks sat on the back of a bus. And that Nelson Mandela ended Apartheid with a hunger strike in prison.
The Chinese and Russians are jealous of how brainwashed Americans are
this guy has never spoken to an American
