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There are way larger crowds that are telling her to go the fuck home but I have a feeling we won’t see those anywhere.

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Would be funny if Pelosi spends the week holed up hiding from riots.

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Would be way funnier if the PLA exercises around Taiwan throw around so much live ordinance of all types that it makes it impossible for Pelosi to safely leave.

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We are so far away from any kind of shooting war with China, particularly if it means direct confrontation between militaries.

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Is there a source for this?

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/mood-shifts-in-taiwan-as-nancy-pelosi-visit-raises-fears-of-war?amp;amp;amp

But then Pelosi’s visit was confirmed and the mood shifted. News sites ran polls, with almost two-thirds of UDN’s respondents saying the visit was destabilising. Talk radio discussed preparation and escape plans, and walked listeners through their growing anxieties. At one point more than 300,000 people around the world were tracking her flight on FlightRadar24, before the site crashed under load.

Hundreds of civilians gathered across multiple city sites to welcome or protest against her arrival. Outside the airport, Taiwan independence groups held signs saying “I love Pelosi” and “shut up China”.

The largest crowd gathered outside the Grand Hyatt, where Pelosi was due to stay. The turnout was larger than any expected and drew a large police presence but remained peaceful. Well organised, vociferous protesters held signs calling Pelosi a warmonger, and chanted “Yankee go home” from across the road. Heavy-set men wandered the crowd wearing body cameras or holding phones aloft, capturing faces among the crowd.

This is the one I saw. Also lol at the guardian calling them “well organized, vociferous protestors” insinuating they were CPC agents or some shit.

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UDN is a legit Taiwanese news source for locals. I can confirm that.

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They always overblow the celebratory crowds. The media blew up the Pro-Trump protesters when Kamala came to my country and said “don’t come.” In reality, pro-Trumpers are a big minority even among our conservative population.

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I think his trial or whatever for drunk driving starts today as well lmao

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He actually sold his stock in Nvidia right before this trip, idk what the stock prices are like but this was definitely destabilizing

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Because the focus has been on how brave she is for holding up Taiwanese democracy. I’ve seen time and time again how easily swayed people are by speeches instead of actions.

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Non online libs don’t even know about the husband insider trading stuff and when you tell them, they’re like, but what are you gonna do - the only other option is Trump.

They also forget inconvenient facts really easily - and when you remind them they kind of say oh yeah but nevertheless, unironically.

Source: my Boomer parents

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The trillbillies hit it on the head. Democrats are a lifestyle brand.

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Slava Wuhani! :good-morning:

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:agony:

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…wouldn’t the population of Taiwan be discouraged by the western response to that?

It basically amounted to small groups of war tourists from western countries, lots of money spent on weapons shipments which may or may not have made it, and public browbeatings while Ukraine itself gets torn asunder (and nothing else)

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Redditors don’t give a shit about Taiwan though, its just something they use to jerk themselves off with because it makes China mad or something. The only reason they would take issue with China invading Taiwan would be that they can’t get their vibeo gane GPUs any more. EDIT: Taiwanese people for the most part (large plurality if not majority) prefer the status quo, so they are more sensible and try not to get themselves killed. This provocation is because of the DPP and US being dipshits.

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Also 中山 must be rolling in his grave to see how pathetic and milquetoast the KMT has become. Blue skin green heart cowards.

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It took me a loooong minute to find out who you meant by 中山 but then it hit me. My Japanese is very rusty but I can read some Chinese because of it and I was like “who the fuck is middle mountain?”

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In fairness, I’m sure Dr. Sun’s corpse has been long disintegrated from the rotational force. Given that one of his protégés tore up the first United Front and started the Civil War, while the other became a collaborating toadie for Japan.

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