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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (28 children)

I got into an argument with a guy on Reddit because he kept insisting that Taiwan was a sovereign nation and I kept telling him that Taiwan does not view Taiwan as a sovereign nation. At one point he asked me if we sold weapons to China and when I said definitionally yes he lost his shit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (19 children)

A June 2013 poll conducted by DPP showed an overwhelming 77.6% consider themselves as Taiwanese.[140] On the independence-unification issue, the survey found that 25.9 percent said they support unification, 59 percent support independence, and 10.3 percent prefer the "status quo." When asked whether Taiwan and China are parts of one country, the party said the survey found 78.4 percent disagree, while 15 percent agreed. As for whether Taiwan and China are two districts in one country, 70.6 percent disagree, while 22.8 percent agree

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (9 children)

How can they possibly be Taiwanese if they don't speak any of the Formosan languages?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How can Americans possibly be Americans if they don't speak American?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree with your sentiment, but we should refrain from using these emotionally charged words. We must remain polite ~~so that people reading this thread will get a bad impression of Hexbear.~~

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