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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If that's the game we are playing, China supplies weapons to to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, all of SE Asia, all but 3 countries in Africa, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Russia, and North Korea. How many journalists deaths do you think that would be?

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

None, unless you have a source showing otherwise.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You didn't source your shit, why should I?

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m not making wild claims. It’s widely known Assange was jailed for exposing the US killing journalists, and that the US has helped Israel kill over 200 journalists in the past two years.

You’re making a new claim.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's a blatant lie. I can find no references anywhere to Assange exposing the killing of US journalists. He released files proving warrantless surveillance of US citizens. Post a link proving what you say.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

No, sea lion. If you’re an actual human, you are perfectly capable of searching for Collateral Murder, one of the most significant releases in the history of journalism.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, so 2 journalists killed. That means you were lying.

https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

No, not at all. Julian Assange was imprisoned for releasing that proof of the US killing journalists.

You wanna go through the hindreds of other journalists that have been imprisoned/killed by the US? Let’s start with the 230+ journalists they helped kill in Gaza.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Assange was jailed for obtaining and disclosing of classified documents stolen by Chelsea Manning. Saying anything else is a lie.

You keep defending China by deflecting onto the US. It's pretty obvious.

China jails and kills journalists domestically for long sentences explicitly for speaking against the government. The US does not do this, not even Trump.

Yes, the US has accidentally killed journalists through collateral damage in war zones. It's shitty and a problem, but it is blatant bad faith to equate this to China's direct persecution of journalists.