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minus-squarehcf@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down6·7 hours agoRolling up on July 4th (on an English speaking forum) to make vague posts to suggest another country’s ethnic identity isn’t distinct enough to merit national independence kind of makes you sound like an asshole. That’s why you’re being downvoted. Not wrong, just an asshole.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down7·edit-27 hours ago “Taiwanese” isn’t even their ethnic identity, the government of Taiwan identifies the big ethnicity as “Han”. You don’t need ethnic nationalism for a national identity, wtf? Then again, maybe the 4th of July isn’t the time for that conversation.
Rolling up on July 4th (on an English speaking forum) to make vague posts to suggest another country’s ethnic identity isn’t distinct enough to merit national independence kind of makes you sound like an asshole.
That’s why you’re being downvoted.
Not wrong, just an asshole.
“Taiwanese” isn’t even their ethnic identity, the government of Taiwan identifies the big ethnicity as “Han”.
You don’t need ethnic nationalism for a national identity, wtf?
Then again, maybe the 4th of July isn’t the time for that conversation.