This is crazy. If you search for Ronnie Palmer, this story pops up with a mugshot of a… rough-looking black guy with dreads and tattoos. But Google shows a picture of a different Ronnie Palmer, who was a white rugby player, for the Wikipedia page for yet another Ronnie Palmer, clean cut black guy who is a former football player and coach. And somebody updated the Wikipedia page to say that Ronnie Palmer is the suspect.
I always want to know the “why” behind these things, not because I think the victim deserved it, but because it pretty much always shows how disgustingly petty these people are. They’ll kill somebody over a gotdamn dollar just because the person wounded their pride.
The Trump admin isn’t planning to deport the few dozen Swedes overstaying their visas. I actually don’t think they wouldn’t mind boats of white pilgrims landing here today.
Saying Taiwan is separate from China isn’t treason though, it’s just a fact that the CCP doesn’t like. As the article said, this law can apply to literally every Taiwanese so it’s not the same thing by any stretch.
Yeah if you make stuff up you can apply it to anyone.
As usual, none of this is news.
Peoples Republic of China claims Taiwan, just like Republic of China claims China (well, not exactly like it. ROC also claims Mongolia). And has gone for 70 years now? They don’t consider it separate, neither does Taiwan, legally. Neither does the USA, legally. Do you expect them to say the law doesn’t apply? Anything separatist movement is usually treated as treason.
Most likely in your country too. But it’s fun to write out things about the scary country maybe doing imaginary scary things. Hey, they’re definitely taking Taiwan this year right? We were told so in January. Must be coming soon.
Strong opening for someone who tries to present one of the most complicated geopolitical issues of the present day in a couple of sentences, half of which is factually wrong. I admire your confidence.
Firstly it is news, because it’s a new law that didn’t exist before and it could have dangerous implications for any Taiwanese person travelling to China, causing Taiwan to issue an orange travel alert. That’s news.
Just in case you’re genuinely interested in learning more about this issue though I’ll do my best to summarise why your point is misguided at best.
Firstly, you did more or less accurately describe the status quo between the CCP and the RoC, so points for that. Unfortunately you left out a couple of things. Firstly, the CCP passed a law some time ago that means if Taiwan tries to change the status quo and stop claiming China, the CCP will invade. So this argument doesn’t work as a ‘both sides’ kind of deal because one side has a gun to it’s head.
The modern position of Taiwan and how they skirt around this issue is by saying that there is no need to declare independence, because Taiwan is already independent. Which is true by any meaningful definition of the word.
The next part of your comment is kind of out there to be honest. Even the CCP acknowledges that Taiwan is seperate by virtue of spending all this effort on ‘reunification’. Countries maintain seperate diplomatic channels with China and Taiwan, the USA sends military aid and the Taiwanese passport has a higher mobility rating than a Chinese one! So to say they are not separate is frankly wrong.
Most likely in your country too. But it’s fun to write out things about the scary country maybe doing imaginary scary things
I live in Taiwan so yeah, to me China is a scary country. It must be nice to sit in safety and proclaim how alarmist people are to villify the nasty CCP but I don’t have that luxury because they threaten the safety and freedom of my family.
These are not new laws. They are “guidelines” to the old ones. DemocracyWatch and one activist are the ones panicking. The article itself is at least balanced enough to have a voice that pretty explicitly says nothing has changed and this is just the usual theatre.
That’s the crux of it. This repeated desire to make scary headlines out of political theatre when both sides play political pretend - that one of these days the Mongolian representatives will show up to Taiwan’s parliament; that China doesn’t recognise Taiwan when as you said they literally do every day. All to be forgotten in 6 months when none of it comes true but by then there’ll be another story to replace it. Not only that but you’re not even the target audience - it’s for American readers, who need to be reminded that intervening in a civil war on the other side of the planet is Good and Freedom and Worthy.
Your suggestion that that is the “modern position of Taiwan” fails to mention that that is the position of one political party that’s had power for less than a decade and whose leader got 6.5% more than a party with a different view back in January.
I am sure you worry about your safety - I would suggest that being told you are a pawn in a geopolitical game for a dying empire should be pretty scary.
Your suggestion that that is the “modern position of Taiwan” fails to mention that that is the position of one political party that’s had power for less than a decade and whose leader got 6.5% more than a party with a different view back in January.
You mean the leader who when elected, the CCP fired ballistic missiles all around Taiwan? Yes I didn’t mention that because it’s not relevant, maybe you’ve forgotten but that’s kind of how democracies work. It’s the position of Taiwan and has been for a while now.
I am sure you worry about your safety - I would suggest that being told you are a pawn in a geopolitical game for a dying empire should be pretty scary.
And I would suggest being a CCP apologist is pretty pathetic, it seems for you being the pawn of a dying empire is just a way to pass the time online. Good for you I guess.
The problem with dementia is you have lucid periods and bad periods.
Stories emerging from the white house paint a picture of deliberate attempts to hide the extent of Bidens ill health from the people.
The latest being that cabinet meetings are short, infrequent and cabinet members are asked before hand to submit questions and talking points. Cabinet members are unable to comment on how Biden is as they don’t get to see him. This is very worrying as one of the “reassurances” we’ve been given is that Biden has picked an good team which supposedly compensates for any other deficiencies. Instead we find his top tram are working with little direct interaction with the elected president.
He has to go from the ticket. This is absolute madness in so many ways and the democrats are going to hand the presidency to Trump, but also possibly the senate and the house. It says a lot when the Trump campaign are dialling down the attacks on his mental capacity as they don’t want him to withdraw - they want to attack him on this again after the point of no return.
Any Americans here really should be contacting their democrat party representatives and urging them to act.
As someone in the UK I am watching this mess with concern for the future. A Trump presidency controlling all arms of the american government is horrifying and looking like an increasing possibility.
That would be neighboring Hayden, ID. The Aryan Nations compound was burned down for fire fighter practice a couple decades ago. That pretty much killed the Aryan Nations as an organization. The members never moved though and they spawned kids they instilled their hateful values in.
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