11.28.07
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Steven Hsu said,
November 29, 2007 at 10:59 am
Im starting to notice a trend with all of your podcast and I have listened to mostly all of them. ( my criticism and praise of the podcast is just my opinion like many others who comments and dosen’t mean you have to change anything. Some of the things I criticize and disagree with are some of the more entertaining parts of the show)
1. You get people to come on your show to make subtle or overtly disparaging comments about white guys and Asian American Females to convey to listeners the feeling that Asian Men are underappreciated.
( Try not to overdue this, it seems petty and pathetic sometimes, but can be enlighten and educational when done right)
2. You use China as an entity that represents Asians Americans and Chinese Nationals. If China does anything it reflects us.( I remember somewhere in the previous pod show that yall didn’t like being mistaken or lumped with the Chinese Nationals because you wanted to be seen as Americans, but then you seem to blur this line when China does something provocative and shows up the US) China is a touchy country to address when it comes to Asian Americans. China is a communist country with a terrible human rights record and Asians Americans are Americans First…………………. aren’t we??? Should we support China because people there look like us?
to be continued
Marky said,
November 29, 2007 at 6:39 pm
China is communist politically, not economically. The U.S. does not like communism, not for it’s lack of democracy (political) but for the lack of economic exploit opportunities (economic).
American companies that do business with China are thriving (economically). (would you rather pay a dirtbag in Ohio $20/hr to weld your widgets during a 8 hour day where half of it is spent either smoking, eating, gossiping and complaining or someone in China 50c/day for 12 hours of hard work?)
“communist” is nothing more than a buzzword/charged word used to designate the “good” guys (Americans) from the “bad” guys (Chinese)
Although the “London based” Amnesty Intn’l doesn’t, I would put China’s “terrible” human rights record against the U.S.’s anytime.
Steven Hsu said,
November 30, 2007 at 6:21 am
“Although the “London based” Amnesty Intn’l doesn’t, I would put China’s “terrible” human rights record against the U.S.’s anytime.”
This type of talk is not unusual today with all the problems the US is having, with a public image that is going down the shit hole, with wars and a economy thats at the edge of recessions. But im never going to say that America is as bad as China in human rights, because its just not true. America is far from perfect, but to compare it to China’s record is overly irresponsible and just another example of trying shift blame by accusing the accuser of the same thing without addressing the issue. Id just wish that people wouldn’t get so obnoxiously defensive when people try to address the issue of China’s human rights violations (with good intentions). It seems that its like our manlyhood is threatened when the subject is brought up and we loose all reasoning when dealing with the subject. I don’t want Asian Americans to be irrational and angry about things that could otherwise be addressed with some levelheadedness (I hope thats a word).
BTW. “China is communist politically, not economically” doesn’t really makes sense because the idea is politics and the economy are one in the same under communist ideology. But somehow China has become massive contradiction.
死鬼老 said,
December 21, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Marky says:
Although the “London based” Amnesty Intn’l doesn’t, I would put China’s “terrible” human rights record against the U.S.’s anytime.
Would you like to give specifics as to how the US human rights record is so bad and that of China so good?
As an immigrant to the US myself I think that the US has a very good human rights record but does have some problems (and a large group of people committed to trying to extract an easy life from whites by using guilt about some events in the past).
As far as China goes, it is pretty clear to me that there have been problems in the past but that things are better there now, and that having to manage over 1.3Bn people is sure to mean that problems will occur.
I must say, however, that I prefer Chinese people who don’t whine. 我的外母 never whined … neither did the parents of the Chinese kid I grew up with as a kid, and after playing 麻将 with him for so long when I was an adult, although he told lots of 鹹濕 jokes, he is clearly an interesting person who I am privileged to have known.
congo said,
January 23, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Listen tool, 45,000 Africans die in the Congo each month from their war there. They are all killing each other like the Bloods & Crips. But, when Africans die, they always get painted as the victims.
Whereas Chinese citizens enjoy farrrrrr better lives and more rights…yet still get painted as human rights abusers.
Talk about complete asymmetrical coverage. And the only reason why you can’t see it is because you are completely brainwashed, like everyone else. In particular, Chinese males have a VERY hard time thinking for themselves outside of the box. Which is why they are in such a horrific position today.