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Ya know, it's really obnoxious to keep telling people what their ethno-nationalist origins are, and when corrected, double down and tell them "Well technically you may not be American/you may be Chinese but actually --"
Followed by a long-winded diatribe about how they're actually American or not-Chinese according to your abstruse rationalizations.
You've done this several times, which should have led to some degree of embarrassment and self-updating on your part, but instead has led you to dig in, become increasingly argumentative and stubborn, and predictably, led other people to respond to you in undesirable ways (such as the "ball-snipping" comment which, while I agree with the sentiment, isn't really the kind of discourse we want to encourage).
You have already reached KulakRevolt-levels of not-to-be-taken-seriously in your arguments, but that's fine, the Motte has always welcomed the most out-there posters with wild hot takes. It's kind of its purpose! You are not wrong that the community is heavily American in perspective and preoccupations (though it's hard to avoid since, you know, it is mostly Americans here) and getting your, ah, unique perspective is valuable. I say that without irony.
That said, you've also reached the Kulak stage of "I despise all you nerds and your worthless ignorant opinions so I'm going to dump my diatribes on you and get belligerent with people who argue with me."
So congratulations, you've temporarily achieved Main Character status in that most of the reports in the queue are of you or in response to you.
Choose one: you want to participate here and be civil, or you are too disgusted to be engage civilly here and you aren't going to waste time here anymore.
Not that Dase's comment was perfect, but given it was prompted by crushed accusing him of being an "agent of the People's Republic of China" in a post that didn't otherwise have much interesting content, I hope it doesn't lead to a ban
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No. This is gaslighting plain and simple, so I won't read the rest of your screed. I'm tired of this nonsense. Ban me at least for a month, better permaban.
On the object level.
We have many Chinese and non-Chinese people here who have relevant fresh experience and diverse takes, eg here. He apparently doesn't have Chinese nationality, and it's not clear he's ever had it; more importantly not clear whether he's been there in any recent past, or indeed even once – I asked and he avoided the issue. That is obnoxious. He's opportunistically claiming to be "Chinese" in this chain to legitimize sweeping dismissive statements on what China is like addressed to a "foreigner", but ordinarily he says he's "Canadian", showing he's a foreigner himself. This is hypocrisy. He shares some psychodrama about [white] Canadian treatment of ethnic Chinese, which is irrelevant to the issue at hand – I have zero interest in his ethnic background or identity, we're talking about knowledge, not HBD and legacy. Han Chinese people do not have any essentialist property that allows them to be more insightful about China than any other "foreigner", that's my assertion. And you're trying to frame me as… well, whatever.
If you want a self-ban, request it by modmail, not in this petty fit.
Obnoxious. The word is obnoxious.
You are throwing a public tantrum. If you really want a ban, you can request it, but you will have to make it clear you are in fact formally requesting to be banned, not just by throwing a toddler-fit so you can exit claiming to be the wounded party. Your behavior so far got you a warning to chill out. You can of course also choose to be a more egregious jerk and force us to ban you, but that won't make you feel so self-righteous, now will it?
How would a formal request for a ban not be a toddler-fit in this framing? I am simply saying that I do not intend to change my behavior. You are offered to price it in and act accordingly.
I'm not a wounded party, I am simply correct and you are wrong, particularly in this case.
What gets into people that they have fights about what is ultimately just a bunch of guys hanging out?
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