Not that it’s so unbelievable a single person would spout libtakes, but this entire article is super sus. Why can’t anyone produce a single image? Radio Free Asia is used as a source in the wikipedia article twice, which surely doesn’t happen if something actually happened. Every other source used is a propaganda outlet and unreliable as well.
They explain why there aren’t any images by saying that China censored it, and in so doing banned using the word “Beijing” on Weibo. Which is obviously fucking ridiculous. Not to mention that that wouldn’t even affect information leaving the country.
His act was described by BBC News as “one of the most significant acts of Chinese protest seen under Mr Xi’s rule”.
One Covid crank protesting is the most significant protest? Has a leader ever been more loved if this is the case?
Sus af. They can’t produce a single picture but are able to tell us what the banner said, and the article adds a bunch of useless “context” like the guy being called “bridge man” (by whom?), or that “18000 protests took place since 2010” (irrelevant).
Also it was just one guy lmao, do I get a wikipedia page for yelling in the streets too? Like just go out, in the city centre, and start yelling at the sky? Is that a noteworthy event?
edit: aaah there’s a video on their 11th source (the guardian). Probably wikipedia didn’t show pictures because they didn’t have copyright.
I saw the video. I checked all the sources and even Twitter. I know someone set fire to some cardboard and draped a sign over a railing, but is “bridge man” a person? Did they protest for any length of time, y’know, actually try to be heard and seen?
Or did some white guy at the CIA just stage something and drive past real quick to generate content for Radio Free Asia?
I thought it was some guy in LA they were passing off as a “heroic” Chinese protestor. Or is that a different propaganda article?
If I throw a spider at a Chinese policeman, do I get called “spiderman”?
Doesn’t even have to be at a police officer or at or near or witness by anyone. Just put up a sign that says you did it.
