Invisible Sky Magician’s Happy Little Blog Of Tolerance

INTRODUCTION

If you follow news and current events to any degree, you would no doubt have heard commentary on the country of China. Common comments include: “The Sleeping Dragon,” “This Is The Chinese Century,” “CHINA WILL GROW LARGER” etc…

If you use your brain to any degree, you would also realize that China has, in fact, been growing in influence, whether it’s financially, economically, politically, culturally or socially.

And if you surf the Internet to any degree, you would also realize the growing number of English-speaking Internet Chinese nationalists (living locally or foreign) whose job (voluntary or paid) is to talk up China’s achievements and/or downplay China’s flaws and more questionable actions by directing your attention away from it. These individuals and/or groups are most commonly found on Internet message boards/forums, the comment section of China-related blogs, news portal sites and YouTube. You may have even engaged in debate and discussion with these people before.

“So what?” you ask. “They’re no different from your typical Pro-American or Pro-British. And if we’re talking about paid services, or even the Pro- Russians.”

Well no, by itself, Internet Chinese nationalists aren’t exactly noteworthy, no. But. And there’s always a but.

But… in these heated Internet discussions, debates and arguments, there is an imbalance. I call this phenomenon “The Chinese Imbalance of Views Syndrome” (or CIVS).

THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE

In any debate, there would usually be two sides. In a more complex issue, there may even be a third or fourth side. Any good argument would involve a side offering well-reasoned arguments and the other side would respond directly to the argument with a hopefully, just as well-reasoned counter- argument. Inevitably, any side would make criticisms about the arguments from the other side. Criticism is good. As long as we are opened minded, criticisms allows us to look at the mistakes in our own faulty arguments. We would then revise our views until we come up with a more well-rounded argument in our continual search for truth and justice.

Freedom of speech and expression is therefore a powerful tool. When we use our civil right to freedom of speech and expression in the right way, we can point out the flaws and faults of our society, criticize those who make it happen or enable it to happen, and ultimately, improve the wellbeing of society. We can even use this right to criticize OTHER countries at the same time. And so we should. To solve problems, we must identify the problem. To make the problem known, we make it public by criticizing. Injustices and atrocities occur daily, whether it’s in our hometown or the town of a country on the other side of the world.

This debate is healthy for the international community because everyone has the right to freedom of speech to identify problems in their own nation and in other nations. Right?

Which brings me to the continual debate about China vs The Western World.

THE IMBALANCE SYNDROME

American people living in America while criticizing America = ALLOWED
Chinese people living in America while criticizing America = ALLOWED
American people living in America while criticizing China = ALLOWED
Chinese people living in America while criticizing China = ALLOWED

Chinese/Non-Chinese people living in China while criticizing America = ALLOWED
Chinese/Non-Chinese people living in China while criticizing China = Heavily discouraged to the point of being illegal (if not illegal already, practically or literally)

-Any references (particularly negative comments which target the Chinese government or related issues) to this on the internet are deleted. The internet is also heavily censored and there is no anonymity. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_firewall )
-Any references in the media are blocked from appearing in the first place (The media industry is a monopoly and the Chinese government owns it). ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television )
-Anti-China protests are shut down quickly and forcibly, even peaceful non- violent ones.
-Actively criticizing China or the Chinese government may have negative social consequences. Like in other Asian societies, there is less focus on individualism (which America prefers) and more on collectivism (”The nail that sticks up must be hammered down”). So the critic may be “hammered down” metaphorically by his/her own community and be branded a traitor to China.
-Possible penalties for those who are seen as a threat to the Chinese government or its interests include being arrested, being “re-educated” or worse.
-Higher profile Chinese dissidents (people who challenge establishments like the Chinese government) are arrested. Worst case scenario, they are tortured and executed. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dissidents )
-Last but not least, the Chinese government can not be voted out. Alternative political parties are also illegal to form. This means government accountability and transparency is difficult to achieve. Along with the fact that criticizing China/Chinese government is heavily discouraged and the media, it means it is hard to make the government transparent or accountable.

THE IMBALANCE SYMPTOMS

So what do I mean “The Chinese Imbalance of Views Syndrome”?

Simple. The combination of:

-censored Internet
-government-controlled media (with no alternative)
-government-controlled political system (with no alternative),
-the social outcasting and the arresting of the more active dissidents

means that Chinese people are born and raised with one certain view and the past, current and future factors in their lives means that alternative views are hard to come by. So in the end, they only have one view, because that is the only view the Chinese government allowed them to have, and that’s the view they’ll ever have and since they’re so set on that view, they assume it is the right one. What I’m trying to say is that they don’t know if their view is right or wrong because they never had a chance to compare it with other, possibly opposing views. The factors above perpetuate the lack of opposing views. If they are lucky or skilled enough to find, consider and compare other opposing views, and even take the opposing view for him/herself, the factors above mean that they are heavily discouraged from having that view in public.

And that, my friends, is the imbalance that needs to be known, recognized and addressed.

To use an simplified extreme example, in America no-one is heavily discouraged from having a certain view. A person who has no view can, and I note that this is a simplied and extreme example, consider the opinions of Bill O’Reilly and on the “other side”, they can consider the opinions of Michael Moore. Based on what they learn, they can join a side or if both those sides don’t satisfy them, create a new side. Or they can remain neutral and seek more information until they are informed enough to make a decision. A person who already has a view can do the same thing. This is freedom of speech and expression. Where people are free to make their opinions heard without fear of reprisal and where people are free to consider or ignore the opinion.

This is not the case with China. You can be anti-American, you can be anti- British, you can be anti-French, you can be anti-apples and anti-oranges. Just don’t be anti-China/Chinese/Chinese Government and your organs will remain intact.

This situation creates the imbalance and as long as this imbalance exists, then we can never have a fruitful debate with Chinese people on the Internet or in real life.

FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THE TRUTH CAN’T FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES

What is the solution? I don’t really have one. And even if I did, it would be too complicated to explain here. However, to end this article, I will leave you with a quote:

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”

I assume you live in a relatively free country and that you have the access to freedom of speech and expression and you have the ability to give and receive opinions.

Consider those opinions and strengthen your arguments by ironing out the flaws in your continuing search for truth and justice.

As for the internet Chinese nationalists, if you see one that makes an argument that has an obvious lie, mistruth, falsehood, hyperbole, distortion, deception, misrepresentation, falsehood, selective quoting or is misleading, then do something, not nothing. Point out the flaws in their argument and attack it while minimizing the flaws in your own arguments.

Facts and truth are worth fighting for.

What is the Women Bailout Decommissioning Project?

Before you can fully understand what it is about, I think it is important to provide a context.

I want you to consider 2 people.

One is you. You are a male. A boy. A man.

The other person is female. A girl. A woman.

LIFE

The woman’s life: The woman grows up in an average middle class family. As a young girl, she plays with dolls or does whatever girls do. Come high school and she is in her teens. Influenced by her peers (her fellow female friends), the media, the opposite sex, as well as society’s norms, she discovers materialism, consumerism and of course sexualism. This is the point where she looks for that “sexy guy” and this preference is based on the earlier influences. We know who this sexy guy is. This sexy guy is the team captain of the school’s football team who gives wedgies to the hapless nerds (you) in the gym locker room. He doesn’t even treat the girl that well, just well enough to get into her pants. But this girl doesn’t mind. She likes confident and adventurous guys or so she claims, and this football jock provides it in spades. He also has a nice car. At the ripe age of 16, the football jock takes her virginity.

The girl turns 18-20. She married this football jock recently and wow, what an eventful life that was! Lots of casual sex too with his fellow football team members too (don’t tell him the husband though, he doesn’t know!).

The womans turns 25-30. Her looks are rapidly deteriorating. And her husband also seems to be more impatient and prone to verbal abuse. Then the inevitable comes: Her husband, after years of practicing and using nerds as punching bags, and in his drunken rage, physically abuses her and gives her a black eye. It’s okay, she thinks, he’s just drunk and not in control of himself, he also lost his job. He still loves me and I should stand by him. 1 week later, she receives her next black eye. This time, her husband wasn’t drunk.

This is it, she thinks. I need to slow down a little. I need to leave him. I need stability. I need quietness. I need peace. I need another man.

The man’s life: The nerd grows up in an average middle class family. As a young boy, he plays with toy cars or does whatever boys do. Come high school and he is in his teens. Major roadblock. The world comes crashing down. “Treat others the way you want to be treated” doesn’t work anymore. This boy desires the company of the fairer sex, but somehow… they elude him. Trying to muster up some confidence, he makes a few approaches to a few girls. They show some interest. “I’ll call you back!” “I’ll let you know when!” “LOL UR SO NICE!” etc… but he never gets a follow up. Why, he asks? I’m not that ugly. I’m not that fat. What is wrong with me?

This nerd is inexperienced at this game but contrary to what he thought, there wasn’t anything wrong with him. As time goes on, girls still ignore him.

The boy turns 18-20. Still no female company but he grows up and he grows more wiser. He also finds an answer.

The answer: He is a nice guy. He is… TOO nice.

It’s too late now. That ripe 15-18 year old was never his to begin with. The boy throws up his arms in hopelessness. You live, you learn. For the meantime, he survives on porn, hentai (Japanese cartoon porn) and his trustworthy right hand.

The man turns 25-30. He values education and has always been focussed on his studies. That’s why he has a decent job now. The pay isn’t extremely high but he can afford to buy most things and the people at his work are cool. His right hand is just as great as ever.

He also learns that the person who gave him weekly wedgies in the gym locker room is now in jail for about 10 years. The man expects to laugh… but he doesn’t. He’s too mature for that. In fact, he feels pity. Oh well, that’s life.

Around this time, he also meets a woman of a similar age. They’ve met each other for some time now. She wants to start a family and the man contemplates this decision. I think I love her and she loves me. A family… isn’t that what’s important in life?

DEATH

Now let’s stop right here because this is where the story takes an interesting turn.

Who exactly is this woman? Well I’ll tell you.

When this woman was younger, she went to the same high school as this boy.
When this woman was younger, she was the one that ignored this boy.
When this woman was younger, she was the one that made fun of this boy in front of the whole class.
When this woman was younger, she spread her legs for any smooth talkers.
When this woman was younger, her virginity was taken by the football team captain.

And… you remember that person who went to prison for 10 years? That was this woman’s husband. He went to prison for armed robbery, assault, murder and for beating his wife. He gave her 2 black eyes. These 2 black eyes have since then healed.

This woman… is the woman that the boy, the nerd, the man, is thinking of proposing to.

Will it be a yes or a no?

Well that is for me to decide.

And I say NO.

And this is why I say no: this boy, this nerd, this man deserves better.

This boy never hurt anyone in his life. He treated others with respect. The only thing he got in return was ridicule, verbal abuse and wedgies in the gym locker room by the standard football jock. And most significant of all, and the thing that hurts him the most, he never got a nice girl to have a relationship with. Fuck man, sex isn’t even necessary. Even a warm and comforting embrace of a girl would make him happy. And he didn’t even get that. And this pains him.

Now that this boy has grown into a man, you expect him to take the hand of that woman? That woman who really couldn’t give a shit about him before but now she does because she wants financial security and stability?

That woman whose vagina is so loose from the penises of 9000 football players? This isn’t even second helpings. This is 9000th helpings. She has been used and abused and reused so much that she is now beyond recognition. Her vagina right now doesn’t look like the one she was born with.

She learned from her mistakes. Her 9000 cum-stained mistakes. It’s about damn time. Out of those 9000, she couldn’t even make one right choice and fuck a nerd and make him happy for life.

You tell me, what exactly can this cumbucket offer to the former nerd, now man? Sex? This man’s right hand has had a rigorous 10 year training and it will perform better than any woman. Much less, a stupid one. No, sciencedamn it. This man deserves better. Decline the marriage. Ditch this woman. You are too worthy for her.

I sympathize with her situation and wife-beating is a horrible thing to endure but you can’t expect everyone to just hand the platter to you. Heck, there isn’t even anything wrong with fucking 9000 guys. As a person who values civil liberties, you have the right to fuck all of them. All I’m saying is that if you want to be treated like meat, then men will treat you like meat. Sex is one of the fundamental primal urges but that might also bring about unintended consequences.

So I make this marriage void and sentence you to an eternity of loneliness. You will suffer the same fate as the well-meaning nerd that you ignored and unforgivably ridiculed.

Having said all that, that woman is only a symptom of the problem. And prevention is better than the cure.

REBIRTH

The big banks of America whored themselves out to their customers without responsibility and care because they know the government will bail them out in the end when things fuck up. And it DID fuck up. And the banks DID bail them out.

Similarly, the women of America and I suspect, many 1st world societies whore themselves out to men without any responsibility and care because they know the fairer-sex-starved nerds will bail them out in the end when their faces are disfigured by their wife-beating misogynist husbands. Their face may or may not be disfigured but for now it would appear that the nerds who are now men DID bail them out.

Well, this shit has to stop.

My message, therefore is this: STOP BAILING THE WHORES OUT.

By doing so, you are only perpetuating this cycle. Nerds need to send a clear message that abusive football jocks and others of their ilk are NOT acceptable, nerds need to send the message that women should start respecting themselves and their bodies and to use a little less emotion and a little more rationality, and finally, nerds around the world must rally together and become the new sex symbol. A sex symbol that values education, values law and order and isn’t completely brainless.

But big journeys start with small steps.

So today, nerds around the world must be united as they make their first step:

The decommissioning of the bailing out of women who don’t deserve it.

What to do in the meantime? Use your right hand or find someone honest like a prostitute with a heart of gold. The future generations will be grateful for your efforts.

In the morning of this day 7 years ago, two planes piloted by sandniggers crashed into the two World Trade Center towers (New York, United States).

Since then, America has been known around the world as the constantly whining motherfuckers who can’t take what they dish out. So what did the senior terrorism analyst say about America’s death toll? IT’S ALMOST THREE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND! WHAT!? THREE THOUSAND?

Yes. A mere 3000 deaths. All this bitching over a mere 3000 deaths. The birth rate of America’s niggers is more than enough to make up for the 3000 who kicked the bucket. The inferiority of niggers notwithstanding. Still, 3000 deaths. Considering the amount of whining, a reasonable person would’ve expected a death toll of at least around 100,000. But no, it’s a mere 3000. 3000 deaths is like barely passing the easiest song on Guitar Hero on the easiest difficulty setting.

Anyway, terrorism ain’t so great when you’re the one on the receiving end, right America?

Durka durka, payback for Hiroshima/Nagasaki, motherfuckers.

ALLAH ACKBAR MUHAMMAD JIHAD!

Nevar forget the lulz

The Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony only finished some hours ago and what an impressive, majestic and unforgettable performance it was!

The sights!
The sounds!
The emotions!

It is no doubt the most spectacular opening ceremony in all of Olympic history and one that the Chinese people should be proud of for years to come.

To show my appreciation and utter adoration for the Chinese people and their culture, I will give a brief analysis of the opening ceremony.

The giant glowing scroll unfurling across Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium floor symbolizes the copious - daunting - paperwork that must be lodged to gain permission to conduct any kind of public protest.

The thousands of rising and falling oblongs flowing like a wave across the scroll symbolize China’s blistering economic growth.

The aerial acrobats rising high above the stadium symbolize the temporary lifting of internet restrictions and censorship for foreign journalists for the duration of the Games. Their return to Earth symbolizes the inevitable clamping down when the Games are over and everyone has left.

The elegant undulations of the rhythmic gymnasts’s ribbons symbolize the glorious balance of trade figures achieved by the Chinese economy and the fluttering fortunes of its competitors. The ribbons are in perfect sync with the gymnast. Likewise, the Chinese currency Yuan is pegged to the American Dollar. Whichever direction the US Dollar will go, the Chinese Yuan will go also.

Hundreds of drummers pounding a furious, breakneck beat symbolize the relentless pace of China’s manufacturing sector. The loud systematic banging of the drums also symbolizes the horde of internet Chinese nationalists who will shout down anyone who dares to criticize Mother China.

The giant, majestic blue whale projected against the sides of the stadium symbolizes the great and glorious Chinese economy that has set out to devour the chaotic and disorganized krill economies of Africa.

The human tank rolling into what appears to be a temple-shaped enclosure symbolizes the Chinese Government’s fondness for the people of Tibet and its desire to protect them from the worries that accompany political and cultural autonomy.

This much we know, but questions remain.

Will anyone be able to see the ceremony through Beijing’s smog?
When the Taiwan team (competing here as “Chinese Taipei”) marches into the stadium, will its flag and team members’ faces be pixellated?
Will the grandeur of the Opening Ceremony wash away the slightly bitter taste left when the Games of the XXIX Olympiad were awarded to a country that struggles with the philosophy of the Olympic movement - excellence, friendship and respect - and where equality and openness are observed only in the breach?
Will the audience’s cynicism about the Games be bought off by their own respective nation’s first gold medal?

Let’s hope not.

Top tier: Japanese - have contempt for everyone because they’re the best and they know it. They also have the whitest skin.

2nd tier: Taiwanese - they’re the descendants of the Chinese elite and bourgeoisie. As such, their women are generally better-looking and more refined.

3rd tier: Korean - integration of plastic surgery into mainstream culture has greatly improved their looks, but there isn’t much substance to fake beauty.

4th (mid) tier: Singaporean - similar to the Taiwanese, though there are also dark-skinned niggers from South-East Asia swimming around in their gene pool.

5th tier: Chinese - mostly the descendants of peasants who make up the majority of the 1.3 billion population. That’s a lot of butt-ugly people. Poor nutrition and questionable hygiene in recent centuries have resulted in a beating from the ugly stick and many malformations during child development. Mexicans of East Asia.

6th tier: Indonesians and most minority groups (Laos, Hmongs, Tibetans, etc.) - mostly devoid of looks and refinement. Peasants, all of them. Generally tend to have darker skin.

Bottom tier: Filipinos - the niggers of East Asia. And with the nigger culture to boot (rap, ghetto-slang, etc). Was also raped repeatly by spics in its history. A pure combination of failure.

Lower-than-bottom tier: Indians - self-explanatory.

Well fine, 9. I started late.

(9) UK Cartoon characters created to warn children as young as 5 about the dangers of online pedophiles; bemused 5 year old girl wonders why her offline mother/father/aunt/uncle/etc is licking her wee-wee.
(8) New special deal in uncivilized America: Buy a new car, get a free gun! Drive by shooting incidents reach unprecedented levels.
(7) Eurovision may go to Africa and the Middle East. Greatest thing since sliced Sudoku, “Clickity-Click-Click KA-BOOM!” songs to take/destroy the world by storm.
(6) Chinese soldiers are robots.
(5) China finally unblocks the BBC website after 18 years. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, Wikileaks, etc still on the waiting list.
(4) 111 countries agree to ban cluster bombs. The only countries that HAVE cluster bombs (United States, Russia, China, India, Israel and Pakistan) absent from meeting and thus, not part of agreement. Net effect = shit-fucking-all.
(3) Burma/Myanmar suffers devastating cyclone. When asked about the situation 1 month later, media/public/average joe responds: “Duurrr… Burma? What’s that? Is that edible? ‘Cause it sure sounds tasty!”
(2) Josef Fritzl, Australian, basement-dungeon, rapist pedophile has incest sex with his daughter. Then makes babies with his daughter. Then has incest sex with his daughter’s children (his grandchildren). Crikey!
(1) Chinese quake death toll expected to be over 80,000. Sweet sweet justice! (No punchline here, folks!)

Did I miss anything? Any other news and events worthy of submission?

Then leave a comment below.

Hello world indeed.

If you, somehow, are a past reader of my blog (what are you? crazy? mentally unstable?), then please acquaint yourself with my new blog here at Baywords. Well, it’s not really a new one as such since all the old google “blogger” postings and comments have been transferred from there to here so nothing is missing.

Why stop using Google’s Blogger? Because I’d trust the owners of baywords to be in a better position to be a little more active in protecting their (and our) right to freedom of speech/expression without censorship. Google, who are conflicted in their desire to “do no evil” while at the same time appeasing their shareholders (who want profit at the cost of everything else), not so much. Yahoo, even less. (Fuck you Jerry Yang)

If you, however, are new, and not familiar with this blog is about, then chances are, you probably never will. Kindly get the fuck out.

Just a few reminders before we begin:

-Each and every comment to a post will be displayed.
-Anonymous posting allowed but feel free to identify yourself (with a nickname) if you wish.
-Comments will appear immediately (no moderation check beforehand)
-The only thing that will be deleted are double/triple/quadruple/quintuple posts (also known as floods), as well as spam.
-Everyone/thing is a potential target.
-Due to the above, stop being personally offended at everything, motherfucker.

-Newbie’s Guide To Pro-China Internet Trolls- (v1.10)

Preface: This guide is a Work-In-Progress (WIP) and will be updated when possible.

CONTENTS

[1] INTRODUCTION
[2] MOTIVATIONS/AMBITIONS
[3] ChiCom TROLL TACTICS
[4] HOW TO IDENTIFY ChiCom TROLLS
[5] WHY THE INTERNET MUST FIGHT BACK AGAINST ChiCom TROLLS
[6] CLOSING COMMENTS
[7] HISTORY

[1] ~INTRODUCTION~

China.

A nation with a far-reaching history, a unique and diverse culture, beautiful locales, and a constantly growing economic superpower.

It is also a nation whose government shits on human and animal rights, establishes nation-wide censorship on all media including the Internet (The Great Firewall of China), where any critic of government policy is punished with a trip to the re-education camps, where you can’t vote out the current Government as there can ONLY BE ONE, not to mention all the lead-filled low quality products, where the pollution in the air is VISIBLE and SMELLABLE, and who the fuck knows what else is going on in China but is not reported.

Worst of all however, are the Pro-China apologists who are possibly being paid by the Chinese Communist Party (hereafter refered to as the ChiCom Party) infiltrating internet forums and spreading the Pro-ChiCom Government line by upplaying China’s strengths and downplaying, denying or even justifying their many weaknesses and atrocities.

These apologists are by far, most commonly found in the large media corporation news websites which offer a “comment on the article” section. Of course, the article would relate to China in some way. Pro-China apologists can also be found on internet forums although their numbers are smaller (between 1 to 5).

This guide allows you to delve considerably into the minds of such Pro-China trolls, how to identify them, and how to attack their weakly-set up (most of the time) arguments and how to defend your own.

No doubt the Pro-China trolls already follow a guide similar to this to defend China on the internet with.

A healthy debate requires the contributions of two or more sides to make all sides accountable.

This is your chance to protect freedom of speech and a censorship-free Internet before it is over-run by the millions of Chinese trolls.

[2] ~MOTIVATIONS/AMBITIONS~

What makes the Pro-China Internet Trolls Pro-China? It could be any or a combination of the following:

-Patriotism/Nationalism: Similar to the American kind, they show immense pride in supporting China, happily discarding or ignoring their country’s flaws while promoting their positive aspects.

-Government Propaganda/Brainwashing: Possibly relating to the above, although brainwashing in not a necessary prerequisite for patriotism. This category is along the same lines as religion: Mass delusion. Brainwashing-afflicted Pro-China or any Religionist (Def. A person who identifies him/herself to any religion) usually set up strawmans or ad hominems to make up for their lack of rationality and logic. Unlike patriots/nationalists who can actually recognize their own faulty logic and bad arguments (but persist with it due to love of their country), the Brainwashee (person who is brainwashed by Government or religious propaganda) DO NOT EVEN REALIZE their own bad logic and poorly set up arguments. Any attempts to enlighten them on this issue will be ignored or countered with the aforementioned strawmans etc.

-Financial Benefits: Like the Russians, the ChiCom Government likes to keep a watchful eye on their citizens, both offline and online. When online, they employ well-paid police to tow the Government line, attempt to silence criticism by invoking mass posts or in the worst case scenario, remove the post/thread/website altogether. A common Chinese internet forum situation would be where Poster A would start a thread that is critical of the Government or their policies. There might even be a few posts of agreement from Poster B and Poster C. However, this will be quickly countered by voices of disapproval… from Poster D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L.

With current intelligence, there are several known types of Pro-China Internet Trolls:

1) Chinese people living in China.
2) Chinese people living in a non-China country (usually a democratized Western country) by moving there from China or being born there in the first place.
3) Non-Chinese people living in China, possibly for job and career motivations.

[3] ~ChiCom TROLL TACTICS~

1) Cherry Picking

Simply, bringing your attention to the good aspects of China or Chinese policy, while ignoring or diverting your attention away from the bad.

2) Contradiction

3) Sympathy Seeking/Emotional Language

A frequent tactic used by big media, also utilized by a ChiCom troll.

A recent example is the Olympic Torch run around the world. Protestors took it upon themselves to interfere with the run and attempt to snuff out the lit torch. At one point, one of the torch-holders was a disabled girl.

ChiCom used this situation for good effect:

The “heartless” and “violent” “rioting” (not protesting) “hooligans” (ad hominem) “attacked” (this can be argued, but you are clutching at straws if you call this an attack) the “brave” and “courageous” little “disabled” (shamelessly mentioning that the girl IS disabled as if we didn’t know already) girl who “proudly protected” (no she did not) the torch using her “delicate small body” (yes, that is actually a direct quote).

Don’t expect the ChiCom Trolls to have the same level of sympathy for Tibetans or anyone the Chinese police chooses to attack (attack as in the real definition of the word this time).

4) Learn From Them

5) Nonsensical Comparison

Tying in with the “Everyone is as bad as the ChiCom Government” tactic, this is where the ChiCom troll, in an attempt to explain the ChiCom Party’s motives or actions, will try to draw comparisons and use analogies.

The problem is that these comparisons and analogies are so completely out-of-this-world, absurd and possibly completely unrelated with the issue at hand when closely examined.

An example:

“Tibetan religious extremists don’t deserve to have any political power. No-one is stopping them (or could) from practising their religious nonsense inside their own heads. But when they want to translate it into political influence they have been and will continue to be met with great force. And a damn good thing, too!

How would we in Australia react to a proposal by Catholics to allow pre-pubescent boys into all-male monasteries?”

-A Pro-China troll comparing religious Tibetans with Catholics who a taste for innocent young altar-boys. What the fuck?

Another example:

http://plus4chan.org/boards/n/src/120822043185.png (source: http://www.anti-cnn.com/forum/ an anti-Western media forum. Warning: Censorship exists. Anti-China posts, even reasonable well-thought ones are deleted with extreme prejudice, although there is some time lag)
-A Pro-China troll comparing… do I even need to explain this? In case the link is dead, the ChiCom troll is attempting to compare the actions of the Chinese Government/Media, the Chinese populace, and what information the ChiCom Govt thinks is suitable to allow the Chinese populace to see, with the parents of the “traditional Asian family” (Chinese Govt/media) and the children of the parents (Chinese populace).

This is an extremely stupid comparison in many ways. In fact, the troll self-owned him/herself: In drawing up that ridiculous comparison, he/she is effectively saying the Chinese Communist Government TREATS THE CHINESE POPULACE LIKE CHILDREN.

Yet another example:

-The protestors trying to douse the Olympic torch being “no different” from Muslim terrorists using a place to collide with the World Trade Center.

6) Questioning a question

A form of avoidance.

7) Changing/Ignoring Subject

Certainly not unique to ChiCom trolls. When you can respond to a ChiCom troll’s argument very successfully to the point of obliteration, the ChiCom troll, trying to not look like a failure, will simply not acknowledge it, and instead just change the subject or even refrain from posting another comment and disappear from the forum thread until it is safe to do so again.

Insult

There are just insults you’d expect in a typical schoolyard but instead of being called a libfag (liberal) or republicunt (republican), you’d more likely be called a selfish westerner, racist, dirty capitalist, etc.

9) Everyone is as bad as the ChiCom Party

Usually it goes like this:

Person: “China is bad at issue x” (where x can be such issues as pollution and human rights)
ChiCom Troll: “But [insert country here] is just as bad at issue x as China”
Person: “That may be the case, but it still doesn’t excuse China’s handling of the matters”
ChiCOm Troll: “China is doing the best it can at issue x, I suggest [insert country here] fix up their own problems first before criticizing China”
Person: “[insert country here] IS trying to fix issue x also, and it’s certainly doing much more than China, which is close to nothing”
ChiCom Troll: “China is doing the best it can at issue x and I trust there will be positive results in the future”

Also called the “Two wrongs don’t make a right” fallacy.

More typical examples:

Person: “China’s human rights history is quite bad.”
ChiCom Troll: “AMERICA’S HUMAN RIGHTS HISTORY IS BAD TOO.” (not a direct quote obviously, but might as well be)

Person: “China’s media is biased and does not present the full facts of the situation.”
ChiCom Troll: “AMERICAN AND ALL FOREIGN MEDIA IS BIASED, RACIST, AND FULL OF LIES AND DISTORTIONS OF FACTS.”

Person: “China’s nationwide censorship keeps the people uninformed.”
ChiCom Troll: “AMERICA HAS CENSORSHIP TOO.”

This is by far, the most commonly used rhetoric by the ChiCom troll. Keep this in point in mind next time you read an article that is critical of China and allows reader comments, or even the YouTube comment section. You’ll be surprised at the ChiCom troll’s persistence on using this line of defense.

10) Multiple Forum IDs

As mentioned before, it is possible for Pro-ChiCom trolls to create multiple identities/user accounts to try to make him/herself look more credible by faking support.

11) Western Bias Claim

Let us use a recent example: The pre-2008 Beijing Olympic Games Tibetan riots.

Sequence of Events
-Tibetans in Tibet start rioting/protesting.
-ChiCom Government kicks out all foreign journalists and media.
-Internet user claims that Tibetan protesters were shot and possibly killed by Chinese police.
-ChiCom troll asks internet user to provide proof.
-Internet user quotes and links to online articles and media.
-ChiCom troll claims that Western media is biased against the Chinese, so that’s why they were kicked out of Tibet.
-ChiCom troll then claims that the Tibetan protesters are crazy violent people… by quoting from and linking to www.xinhuanet.com, the official Pro-ChiCom Party news website.

Also, ChiCom Trolls, not liking the bias and lies in Western media (CNN, BBC etc), would make the suggestion that WE visit China to see the truth. Due to their lack of logic and rationality, this is exactly what journalists do (or should do) and that is visit foreign countries to report on international news. Only problem is that the journalists are BARRED from entering (and booted out in the case of Tibet) or heavily restricted on what they’re allowed to report.

12) Double Standards

Where different standards are applied to groups of people in similar situations.

Consider the two examples:

-The invasion of Tibet by China without the Tibetan’s consent. While exploiting Tibet’s resources, the Tibetans are discriminated against.
-The invasion of China by Japan without the Tibetan’s consent. While exploiting China’s resources, the Chinese are discriminated against.

A reasonable person would suggest that both situations are deplorable, and it should be up to Tibet (or China in the second example) to decide their OWN future.

A pro-China troll would of course suggest that the invasion of Tibet is justified, that the invasion of Tibet was for the Tibetan’s own good because they are stupid and uneducated etc.

Of course, this same troll would express immense outrage at Japan for their atrocities and seeks apologies, vengeance, etc. Who knows, the invasion of China by Japan could have been for China’s own good (I’m using the Pro-China troll’s line of defense), but you won’t get anywhere on this point due to the ChiCom troll’s double standards.

13) Racist

Ties in with claims of bias among Western media. A ChiCom troll would claim that people are anti-China simply because they are racist. While no doubt there are some racists (there are 3 constants in life: death, taxes and racists), that still doesn’t justify China’s stances and actions.

In fact, this is merely an example of “ad hominem fallacy”: where the ChiCom troll attacks the person instead of the person’s argument.

14) Might is Right

Where China’s actions are justified because they are an economic superpower and can do whatever they want because the rest of the world can’t do anything about it.

Needless to say, this is not a proper justification. Otherwise, China would be completely comfortable with present-day Japan performing another Nanking Rape.

15) Repetition

The hope that by spamming a statement endlessly, it can become truth.

http://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=Tibet+and+Taiwan+WAS,IS,and+ALWAYS+WILL+BE+a+part+of+China

Enough said.

I should also add that this exact search term is also constantly being copied and pasted onto forum posts. And it’s obviously a copy-and-paste job DUE TO THE LACK OF SPACING AFTER THE COMMAS WHEN THERE SHOULD BE.

16) Internal Affairs

Where the ChiCom troll claims an issue (such as Tibet) is an internal affair: it only concerns China and Tibet. America and any other country need not apply. A common justification would be that the rest of the world aren’t informed about the issue enough and so, are biased and shouldn’t be listened to. “It is not our business so we should BUTT OUT” In an era of global markets/trade, politics, and culture/society and the way all those link together, this point is quickly fading into irrelevance.

Of course, the fact that the media and the internet is censored heavily by the Chinese government, and the fact that the Chinese government is very careful in what news comes in and out of the country, doesn’t really help us (Chinese and non-Chinese people) from getting more informed about their “internal affairs.”

17) Hypocrisy

As in pretty much every internet debate ever, there will always be hypocrites. ChiCom trolls are one of the worst. Some examples include:

-Claiming to care about human rights while supplying weapons to war-torn Sudan in exchange for resources

-After criticizing China on past atrocities, pro-China will use the “You shouldn’t judge present-day China based on Past-China atrocities” defense. However, when the issue is about anything anti-Japan (which is one of the few things that unites the Chinese: their hatred of the Japanese, past, present and future) ChiCom trolls will then judge present-day Japan by past-Japan atrocities (Nanking Rape etc) while using their usual descriptive ad hominems (evil, ruthless, despicable, etc).

[4] ~HOW TO IDENTIFY ChiCom TROLLS~

Obviously, the best place to look are in news articles with anonymous comment post sections of any news website (local or international) in which the article relates to China in some way, most likely negative. ChiCom Trolls are also very common on YouTube in the comments area. The video of course, would usually relate to China, Japan (nothing unites the Chinese people more than their hatred of the Japanese), Tibet etc.

Sometimes the ChiCom Troll provides a Chinese name (EG. Yang, Zhao, Zhang etc) to go along with their posts. This is a good thing and makes it easier for you. At this point you can just read their posts to determine whether their comments are logical, reasonable and/or fair. Or whether their comments are illogical, too obviously biased and/or aggressive to other viewpoints. If it is the latter, then it’s ChiCom Troll argument-destroying time.

What if the ChiCom Troll is anonymous or even has a Western name (EG. Jane and John Smith)?

The first thing to do is to become a spelling/grammar nazi. That’s right. Pretend to be an English teacher and analyze their English skills. In the “~MOTIVATIONS/AMBITIONS~” section of this guide, I listed several types of ChiCom trolls. In this case, you should concern yourself with “Chinese people living in China” and “Chinese people living/born in non-China countries”.

First, Chinese people living in China. These internet Chinese learned English as their second language. So obviously, their English skills aren’t going to be perfect so there will be a fair bit of spelling/grammar mistakes. But, you say, these might not be posts made by Chinese people, they could be Spanish, African, German, even an American with bad English etc people!
That is a fair point. But when those posts start discussing Chairman Mao’s policies and China’s 1000+ years history in-depth and in great detail, who would care enough to study/know so much about such a thing? Chinese people. Sure, a British person can go to university and study China’s history, but to then go on and surf websites on the internet to defend China against all negative views, the chances would be extremely low. Not impossible, just very low probability. It is reasonable to just assume that the person defending China on the internet is a Chinese person. Not that it makes a difference who is defending China. As a responsible citizen of the Internet, you should be finding faults in their illogical arguments on whatever the issue is (not just China) and exposing them.

The next is Chinese people born/living in a non-China country. Since they learned English as their first language, they are less likely to make the same spelling/grammar mistakes as their mainland friends. Even if it’s not their first language, they would still be better due to simply living in a majority English-speaking country. HOWEVER, there are still small, subtle and consistent hints in their command of the English language that can reveal them to be Chinese. As they are juggling two (or more) languages (Chinese and English), they can still make some mistakes. A couple of examples:

Correct English: “I am interested to hear what you have to say on this issue”
Foreign ChiCom Troll: “I am interesting to hear what you have to say on this issue”

Note how “interested” becomes “interesting”. This could be a one-time mistake by a, for example, white American. But if this occurs several times, then there’s a good chance they could be Chinese. If the post message sounds like a very informative summary on anything about China, then you might as well assume the poster is Chinese. Why would a white American care about which dynasties owned which land in olden-day China?

Another example:

Correct English: “Tibet has always been part of China”
Foreign ChiCom Troll: “Tibet has always been part of China”

Notice the lack of “s” in always. A common mistake, ChiCom Trolls will often forget (or did not know) that some words need an “s” at the end.

Correct English: “The police used excessive force against the protestors”
Foreign ChiCom Troll: “The police did not uses excessive force against the protestors”

A combination of the first two examples: a failure to use the suffix “-ed” properly as well as failing to know when to add an “s”.

Correct English: “China has made a lot of progress on this matter”
Foreign ChiCom Troll: “China has made a lot of progresses on this matter”

Another boring example (I did say they were subtle): Foreign ChiCom Trolls have some difficulties with plurals and when or when not to apply them.

To sum up, we’re not so much concerned with a ChiCom troll’s spelling ability. What you should do is read their post in your head. Does it sound weird, stilted and awkward? Then you might be dealing with a ChiCom Troll.

[5] -WHY THE INTERNET MUST FIGHT BACK AGAINST ChiCom TROLLS~

We fight back against extremist Muslims on the internet because we disapprove of their women-oppressing culture, excessive pushing of moral values to the point of not being able to do anything fun, their violent reactions to anything that is remotely offensive, and the big one, Sharia Law which covers the aforementioned and more backwards traditions.

We fight back against religion in general on the internet (including recently, scientology), because we disapprove of the above, as well as the pushing of fictional fairy tales (The Bible and creationism) into the classroom, their insistence of having an imaginary friend (god) instead of making friends will real life humans, their flawed concept of being a kind and caring person to gain access to heaven (which is also fiction) instead of being a kind and caring person for the sake of being kind and caring, not to mention constantly being in the way of science.

We fight back against America on the internet because we disapprove of their foreign policy which puts its finger in every country, their circus of a democracy when in reality, it is a corporatocracy where the highest “donating” private companies have more say in the political process than the average citizen, and we disapprove of their constant hypocritical trumpeting of “freedom” and “democracy” when America’s foreign policy history proves otherwise.

Similarly we must fight back against Pro-Chinese Communist Party goons and China in general. This is the main reason why:

-The suppression of dissenting opinions and freedom of speech-

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

We hold dear to our hearts, the concept of freedom of speech. That of course includes allowing people to voice opinions that OPPOSE us. Even from ChiCom trolls. The ChiCom government effectively locks down one side of the argument and even punish them for it. This also links to mass-censorship or a Chinese Government monopoly on information. I have yet to hear any Pro-China troll offer a sufficient reason to justify censorship and the suppression of freedom of speech. If information is hard to acquire, then how can one be informed? If criticizing the Government or forming an opposition party is illegal, then what exactly can be done to make the current government accountable for their actions?

No. Answer this question instead: Why is censorship/lack of freedom of speech ever preferable to the opposite?

[6] ~CLOSING COMMENTS~

Do not take this document as an anti-China/Chinese tirade. I value my freedom of speech, to be able to criticize (or even praise) the government and not be taken away for reeducation or getting arrested. I value my ability to access information without censorship in place to stop me from getting what I need. I value my Internet, the last bastion of democracy in its truest sense. And I certainly recognize that Chinese people also value those exact same fundamental rights.

I despise the people who would, should they ever come into power, erode the above rights. And I despise the people who support them. If those people are the Chinese Communist Party, then I despise them. If you are Chinese (or anyone for that matter) and you support the removal or restricting of freedom of speech, access to information, and internet/media censorship, THEN I DESPISE YOU. (If you’re Chinese, Muslim or American though, then I double-despise you)

[7] HISTORY

23 April 2008 (v1.2) – 1 example added to “5) Nonsensical Comparison” and “12) Double Standards”.
14 April 2008-2 (v1.1) – 2 examples of “5) Nonsensical Comparison” added and the “12) Double Standards” troll tactic was elaborated upon.
14 April 2008 (v1.0) – The guide is completed and uploaded.

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In other news:
-Several Cho-Seung Hui imitations (one of them Finnish) go on copycat killing sprees. None of them can beat Cho’s high score.
-Republicans are still hypocritical homosexual homophobes who like to tap their feet at toilet stalls to receive cock.
-British liberals are still bending over backwards for Muslims further cementing the United Kingdom’s future as an Islamic state with Sharia Law.
-Pope Palpatine XVI attacks Athiesm for causing “great harm” in a 36 page or so document. May the force not be with him.
-China is still making shitty quality products that can kill. America is still buying shitty quality products from China that can kill to sell locally.
-”The (Japanese) Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam”.
-Burmese Government/Military proves their strength to the world by beating up pacifist monks. Current location/status of monks: Unknown.
-American troop death toll reaches 3000+. Halliburton thanks the deceased troops for helping oil companies increase their profits.
-Rupert Murdoch is still a manipulative bastard by swaying opinion via his media conglomerates. Fox News and The O’Reilly Factor continues to be the highest rating programs.
-Fundamentalist Muslims are still as crazy as before. First it was the Danish cartoons, now it’s “Mohammed the Teddy Bear”. One thing we learnt from this: The only thing worse than an extremist Muslim is an extremist Muslim NIGGER.
-Vote Ron Paul 2008.

Any other noteworthy news that I missed? Drop in a comment.