Besides, insofar the comparison with Hawaii is accurate, it would be an argument for the independence of Hawaii not against the independence of Taiwan.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 years ago

The Hawaii comparison make absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

integral part of China.

How integral can Taiwan be to China if Taiwan has not been functioning as a part of China for a fucking long time?

Not very integral at all.

[–] Murais@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

It also "arbitrarily" has its own currency, government, military, flag, infrastructure, foreign policy, trade deals, etc.

And anybody who knows the history of Taiwan and doesn't perceive it to be an independent nation is willfully ignorant.

[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Talk about Double Speak

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Slams" equates to low effort shitposting, even by the likes of NBC. As a business bootlicker CNBC is no stranger to clickbait...

Alternatives to the word "Slam(s)" include: animadversion, aspersion, jab, obloquy, potshot, slap, slur, stricture, and swipe

Seems character count is apparently expensive even in bit format as a digital character.

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@stopthatgirl7, I appreciate the downvote, however I'd like to add that this contributes to the conversation and the trend of using the word "slam" in every article that poses a reactionary comment by someone, or an entity against something another someone or entity officially says.

It's apparent that it's low effort in the attempt to generate clicks. Quite frankly, I agree with Taiwan's comments against Elon "I open my mouth garbage spews forth" Musk. I just don't agree with the headline.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Dude, look at the comments already talking about slam in headlines instead of rehashing it.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

downvoting soley because of using "slam" in the headline. That shit needs to stop

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Guess what, I can’t do anything about that. That’s literally the article’s headline. Feel free to go to the article itself and comment against “slams” there, where it might actually do something.

[+] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de -7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh, I believe you. not intended to be directed at you specifically.

Not using news sites that use these headlines might be an alternative

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This was the only site that specifically mentioned the “Not for sale” part in the headline. And NBC is a pretty big news source, so I’m not going to ignore it just because some folks get a bug up their butts over an overused word.

And I’ve had people yell at me on here for using “clickbait” headlines and tell me to change the headlines to be less “clickbaity” when they didn’t even read the article in the first place and changing titles to not match the headline is against a lot of news comm/magazine rules.

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

You’re 100% right for not changing the headlines. Thanks for sharing the article.

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

If ur using a client on mobile it will most likely have word blacklist options

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Words like “slam” drive engagement. Journalists have to pay their bills, and journalistic institutions can only really get money from advertisement or from wealthy patrons who bankroll them as a way of spreading their ideology. For both, engagement and clicks are absolutely vital - advertisers need traffic so people see and click their adverts, ideologues need traffic so people see and internalise their ideology.

If you don’t like clickbait headlines, get involved with anti-capitalist direct action!