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Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:51 pm to sms151t
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Now a simple tweet has made this blow up, but this has been going on for months. Why is it just now that people on this site are reacting?
Because it intersected directly with the realm of sports, which is primarily what this site is about.
People have been posting about the HK demonstrations for months downstairs on the poliboard, but there was no sports angle until now. Throw in the fact that the NBA season is starting up and the team in question enjoys the most Chinese support, and you can see why it'd become more of a conflagration on tMSB and the main news cycle.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:52 pm to JBeam
China essentially asked Blizzard and the NBA to do the same thing, but dumbfrick Blizzard actually said "Ok" and did it.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:52 pm to sms151t
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Now a simple tweet has made this blow up, but this has been going on for months. Why is it just now that people on this site are reacting?
it's outrage culture dude
no one cared until Morey tweeted.
now everyone is a social justice warrior ready to take down the republic and put the NBA in their place
all while browsing the web on their shiny new iPhone 11 made in a Chinese slave factory.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:53 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Well they almost certainly will. China's about to pull the plug
I still think the NBA will win if this happens. If Chinese citizens love the NBA as much as it seems they do, will they really be OK with their government banning games on TV, jersey sales, jersey wearing, etc.?
Can China really handle angering their own citizens at the same time as fighting this Hong Kong battle?
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:53 pm to Kodar
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Blizzard is in deeper water than the NBA right now IMO. They had another incident today with cutting off a stream of some players for supporting HK. I got a thread on the Gaming Board about it.
Damn I hadn't heard about that either.
I think the domino effect from all this could end up being bigger than any outcome involving just the NBA.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:53 pm to JBeam
quote:Go to reddit and check around for trending posts on Blizzard. Some examples:
I know about Twitch cutting some of their livefeeds. But I didn't know about thet Blizzard ordeal.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:53 pm to JohnnyKilroy
No you are lying to yourself, if you believe anyone on this site (MSB) truly cared what was going in Hong Kong until the tweet.
I mean did anyone throw a fit about them going to play games in China when this was going on? No they did not. Stop being hypocritical.
I mean did anyone throw a fit about them going to play games in China when this was going on? No they did not. Stop being hypocritical.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:54 pm to sms151t
quote:What are you talking about, you literally said:
No kidding, reading comprehension is lost on you.
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Hong Kong demonstrations have been going on for months, nobody paid a bit of attention
And this is wrong, this has been a big news story for a while.
Just concede you're wrong, it's ok. Not sure why you want to dig yourself further in a hole here when 3 guys called your post wrong within like 3 minutes of posting it.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:54 pm to sms151t
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nobody paid a bit of attention.
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but nobody said anything.
Uhh, even I don't follow the news that closely these days, but how can you say that? The HK protest has been one of the biggest regular news stories for months.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:54 pm to Mr Perfect
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it's outrage culture dude no one cared until Morey tweeted. now everyone is a social justice warrior ready to take down the republic and put the NBA in their place all while browsing the web on their shiny new iPhone 11 made in a Chinese slave factory.
So deep bro
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:54 pm to Mr Perfect
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no one cared until Morey tweeted.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:55 pm to JohnnyKilroy
quote:It's not really a lie, your average American didn't care about this situation. Bring in a big three sport and the majority of people are going to have something to say about it.
This is a lie. Stop the lies.
Let's not even bring up the fact that the Chinese government is exercising a reeducation/genocide on an ethnic minority right now.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:55 pm to sms151t
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I mean did anyone throw a fit about them going to play games in China when this was going on? No they did not.
facts (100)
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:56 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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So deep bro
Dude posts like an adolescent
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:56 pm to sms151t
quote:And there's the backtrack
No you are lying to yourself, if you believe anyone on this site (MSB)
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:57 pm to Eighteen
quote:You vastly underestimate how much their citizens will go lock step in line with the government.
Can China really handle angering their own citizens at the same time as fighting this Hong Kong battle?
The HK story is spread as the result of Western propaganda and the protesters are all violent according to Chinese news. The NBA thing led to some reactions from Chinese citizens who said things along the lines of, "I support freedom of speech too! 9/11 is a wonderful day!"
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:57 pm to TbirdSpur2010
quote:Too much credit
Dude posts like an adolescent
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:57 pm to Mr Perfect
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no one cared until Morey tweeted.
Wrong.
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now everyone is a social justice warrior ready to take down the republic and put the NBA in their place
Also wrong.
But hey, you do you.
Posted on 10/9/19 at 1:58 pm to shel311
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Too much credit
I was TRYING to be nice
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