Ai Weiwei lived in China most of his life, and was openly critical of the government there. He has been imprisoned before. In his family history, one of his parents was internally exiled. This is a brave person who knows a few things from personal experience and deserves some respect and consideration, even if you disagree.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, like you know better than him what is oppression. Look the press rights etc. You are free to think that you are free and consume tho

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It’s like Julian Assange is memory-holed already.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For real hey,
Snowden, meanings, Aaron Schwartz (rip)

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

And then there are those who don’t get whacked or politically persecuted, only cancelled. The people who got Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction wrong are still prominent today, while those who got it right have never worked in the industry again, like Chris Hedges and Phil Donahue.

Like, of course US journalists toe the party line: you get promoted for doing it and you get permabanned like Chris Hedges if you question it.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

Same in France,
Investigation journalist or activists jailed or in justice for nothing except emarassing the power and the business.

Cf to start,
Reflet.info, laquadrature.net

[–] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Or even the cases of Steven Donziger or the stuff Ralph Nader went through in his heyday.