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    1 year ago

    Then the YouTube comment section saying how it’s our fault since we are close to China. I don’t know why I still read them.

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      1 year ago

      Why do you still read them? (Edit: I’m not being snarky, I’m curious why)

      Every few months I forget why I stopped reading comment sections and dip back into unmoderated comments on news sites. It’s awful.

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        I think I often hope occasionally reporting comments helps slowly make the platforms better. But it really doesn’t seem to 😞

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        A long time ago, every comment on YouTube was vitriol. It didn’t matter what the video was, every single comment was pure poison. Today you can safely read the comments on videos that don’t have political context. Of course anything political is going to be completely overrun with state level astroturfing, extremists, and mouth breathers. Occasionally I’ll accidentally read the comments on something political, forgetting that comments should be off-limits for that video.

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          You should see the shit Microsoft pulls with MSNBC. Editorialized headlines, and direct comments sections. It’s pure toxic garbage, and they jam it down boomer throats by making it the default landing page in Edge (and IE) and that stupid “news and interests” spot on the taskbar that you have to disable.

          This being the same company that got themselves into an antitrust lawsuit for bundling IE with Windows 20 years ago. Fucking bonkers how horribly times have changed.

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      I’m not a bot … at least I don’t think I am

      But I still want to ask … why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China.

      How would we feel if Chinese military aircraft were flying off the coast of Canada?

      And there is military tension on Chinese borders, why would we want to further antagonize them?

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        Well it’s international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation.

        Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn’t make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally

        https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833

        https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html

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        why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China?

        You mean, why are planes flying in international airspace?

        Maybe grow up a bit, China. You’re behaving like a toddler.

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        why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China

        From the description of the video, should you care to read it:

        Global News was on board the Canadian military aircraft reporting on the mission, which is part of Operation NEON, Canada’s contribution to helping enforce sanctions against North Korea, when the aggressive intercepts took place.

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        Uh, they already do that. We generally don’t buzz the planes and antagonize them

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        It’s part of our role in ensuring international sanctions are followed

        It’s about shipping lanes to North Korea, nothing to do with China

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        The story takes on a whole new meaning if the roles are reversed … How would we feel if a Chinese military aircraft was flying in international waters off the coast of Canada?

        You know they already do it all the time off the coast of the US and Canada, right? So whatever you were already feeling, keep feeling that.

        In case you didn’t get that from your comment in the other community.