this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
292 points (96.5% liked)

World News

32285 readers
1 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TheGamingLuddite@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

For context: the DPP is the pro-indpendence ultranationalist party founded by local landed elites who collaborated with the Japanese empire during wwii. To this day many Taiwanese ultranationalists around the DPP deny Japanese atrocities such as Nanjing and Unit 731. This may not be the most reliable source, three pinocchios!

[–] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not to defend the DPP, but I find the claim that some people deny the Rape of Nanking hard to believe.

[–] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Of course it's a thing. It's huge in Japan, but its also common enough in Taiwan that you get the occasional international scandal when some government dipshit (Most famously Lee Teng-hui) opens their mouth to talk about it.

Edit: oh. But you dont actually give a shit. You're literally just here to start shit

I agree with your sentiment, but we should refrain from using these emotionally charged words. We must remain polite so that people reading this thread will get a bad impression of Hexbear

[–] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you just call Lee Teng-Hui a dipshit?

I will call anyone who calls the nanjing massacre Chinese propaganda a dipshit.

load more comments (2 replies)