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INTEREST: Etten no Sora Manga Artist Blames Hobby Japan, 'Human Rights' for [New Life+] Cancellation

I am loving this Chinese conspiracy against anime take, while it ignores that even Japans own Neo-Nationalist, History Revising, Right Wing was ALSO upset by the author's comments and writings.

I mean, when the guys who are like 'Japan did NOTHING wrong during WWII and then we got viciously nuked.' are upset with you, 'Political Correctness' is probably not the only problem in your writing.

Hate speech is factually hateful and is against the rights of a certain person/people. Offensive speech depends entirely on the perspective of the people involved. For example, some people are offended by swear words. I'm not. That's offensive speech, but not hate speech. On the other hand, using the N-word or calling a gay person the f-word is HATE speech. Huge difference. Don't mix them up.You can't seriously think calling someone a "doucebag" is the same as calling an entire race "insects". If he was targeting one specific person, it wouldn't be racist either. But he specified Chinese people as a whole.

Wait seriously?! Even the right wing? any sources?

Kougeru wrote:

Lol stop with your exaggerations. The Chinese government had nothing to do with this. Nor did communism. We get it already anyway, you hate communism. Okay, you have that right but spreading exaggerated fears does no one any good.

You have a lot more trust in the Chinese government than I do. Considering what the Soviet Union used to do the idea that the Chinese government is testing ways to control the entertainment industry in other countries is a reasonable concern. There have been experts warning people about this for years and it is important to keep in mind that communist governments view entertainment as political propaganda which is why they are so obsessed with controlling it.

Kougeru wrote:

The difference is that communism (by it's actual definition) isn't about degrading other races or attacking the actual lives of people. Hate speech does.

70 million people have been killed by communism and all China has to do is convince people that being against communism is hate speech. That would have been unthinkable even 30 years ago but I could see the mainstream media going along with that today.

Looking at this person's manga, no wonder they's worried.

"The remnants of a defeated Empire prepare to strike back at an invading army."
https://www.mangaupdates.com/image/i264389.jpg

Even as much i hate communism , I can tell China is a communist/socialist country only in name.
The real communist/socialist countries are countries like North Korea, Cuba or Venezuela

3. Okay no hate speech isn't offensive speech. Offensive: homosexuality is a sin against God. Hate speech: time to play cowboys and Muslims

At the same time though the actual government structure of China is communist.

The economic power in China is kept in the hands of the government and you have to be an official member of the communist party to own a business.

It is not rocket science to not make references to war crimes and to go on a Twitter rant about other countries using racial slurs. In most society you will lose your job.

Jonny Mendes wrote:

Even as much i hate communism , I can tell China is a communist/socialist country only in name. The real communist/socialist countries are countries like North Korea, Cuba or Venezuela

True, in terms of economics China is more capitalistic than most European countries and North Korea is the best example of a true communist country. At the same time though the actual government structure of China is communist. The economic power in China is kept in the hands of the government and you have to be an official member of the communist party to own a business.

Kaylee Smerbeck wrote:

3. Okay no hate speech isn't offensive speech. Offensive: homosexuality is a sin against God. Hate speech: time to play cowboys and Muslims

There are plenty of people who would say that your example of offensive speech is hate speech and that is the problem of relative definitions. There isn't any concrete difference between offensive speech and hate speech apart from what media organizations say. If they suddenly start declaring anti-communist speech to be hate speech than it will become hate speech to a lot of people. Due to Chinese influence there is an increasing number of Hollywood movies with flattering portrayals of the Chinese government. With anime and light novels though China can simply declare anything that criticizes authoritarianism and communism as hate speech. It is a simple tactic but since it works we will see more examples of this in the future.