How would you answer this, and how would you expect Chinese netizens on Xiaohongshu to answer?

I will link to the thread in the comments because I want you to take a moment and think about it first.

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    I linked a video, because we know he’s fine. He talks to the tank driver after climbing up on the tank, then leaves. I don’t think a picture of the PLA showing patience after leaving the square does much for your point.

    Yes, hundreds of protestors were killed, and many PLA officers lynched and burned alive, and more. Nobody denies that. However, showing a dude who we know lived is not the own you think it is, nor does it say anything about US Imperialism being “nicer.” The US at the time was of course preparing for the Gulf War, which would set the stage for US Imperialism to result in 1 million Iraqi deaths under false pretenses of WMDs.

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            The Tiger character is called Tigger

            Totally not racist?
            Btw, what does Tigger rhyme with, my fellow Ningen?

            Censorship of memes is not fun as a person who likes memes, but considering how they lifted millions of their people out of poverty very quickly, a ban on a racist meme is ok.

            ^Copied from my comment to another person in this thread^

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              yeah it’s censored because of racism, that’s an amazingly insightful and smart take! you sure showed that dirty racist what-for, i bet they’ll think twice before posting a picture of a cartoon next time. you’re a really good spokesperson for your political beliefs, and you DEFINITELY aren’t coming across like a child right now!

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                The Tiger character is called Tigger

                Totally not racist?
                Btw, what does Tigger rhyme with, my fellow Ningen?

                Banning racist memes is not a big issue.

                Censorship of memes is not fun as a person who likes memes, but considering how they lifted millions of their people out of poverty very quickly, a ban on a racist meme is ok.

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                    But the commentors above said that the Chinese govt is censoring Winnie the Pooh. This image has Pooh and also another character from the same series.

                    So the commentor is wrong and there is no active censorship?
                    Or they’re partly correct where only some Pooh gets actively censored?

                    Conflicting info now

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                12 hours ago

                There’s little point in interacting with a tankie, ignore and report, and move on.

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                  You’re free to elaborate on the humor of satarizing a Chinese man as a yellow cartoon bear. Calling me a “tankie” for thinking that maybe we shouldn’t be using potentially racist caricatures doesn’t make much sense to me personally.

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                    11 hours ago

                    I do not call you a tankie for that, as I also oppose racist caricatures. Instead, I call you a tankie because you seem to be defending Xi a little too much. Have a good evening.

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                12 hours ago

                Do you want to enlighten me about what’s funny about depicting a Chinese man as a yellow cartoon bear? Why not a panda? Why specifically a yellow bear?

                Why do you think it’s censored to begin with?

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                  babe all i know is folks in china who protest their own government use whinnie the pooh as a derogatory representation for that man. are THEY being racist? or is it possible that the color of the cartoon plush bear isn’t the point?

                  maybe it’s more to do with whinnie the pooh being a dopey idiot liable to get his head stuck in a honey jar. i reckon THAT’S the insult. it seems pretty obvious against something so literally stupid as “haha bc he’s yellow”.

                  i didn’t think people SERIOUSLY still used this garbage as a gotcha. you’ve genuinely impressed me with your willingness to so boldly plow into a bad faith argument. please do something better with your time 💖