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Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
« on: February 04, 2024, 04:44:12 pm »
Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
The exiled Chinese artist spoke to Sky's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips about the cancellation of his exhibition by a gallery in London.

Sunday 4 February 2024 10:15, UK

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Political censorship in the West today is "exactly the same" as it was in China under its ruthless communist leader Mao Zedong, exiled artist Ai Weiwei has told Sky News.
 
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.

https://news.sky.com/story/exiled-chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-censorship-in-the-west-is-exactly-the-same-as-maos-china-13063751
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Re: Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2024, 04:55:51 pm »
lol…..

Not really
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Re: Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2024, 09:22:15 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on February 04, 2024, 04:55:51 pm
lol…..

Not really
They don't hunt you down with a round in the chamber, yet.
But where did we think all these various censoring organs learned how to do it?
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Re: Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2024, 12:24:24 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on February 04, 2024, 09:22:15 pm
They don't hunt you down with a round in the chamber, yet.


Nor has anybody had to endure a "struggle session' yet while wearing a dunce caps with a list of their 'crimes" against the regime

We have a cancel culture that's dangerous in it's own right but it isn't exactly like China during it's Cultural Revolution
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Re: Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China'
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2024, 05:17:50 am »
Quote from: LMAO on February 05, 2024, 12:24:24 am
Nor has anybody had to endure a "struggle session' yet while wearing a dunce caps with a list of their 'crimes" against the regime

We have a cancel culture that's dangerous in it's own right but it isn't exactly like China during it's Cultural Revolution
What we have amounts to

becoming a nonperson...
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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