On May 13, Hu Xijin, a well-known media person, posted several pieces of content, basically related to the Russia-Ukraine war and the United States.
For example, Hu Xijin said: "Some Chinese people scold each other 'Russian dogs' and 'black dogs', which is very unacceptable." Everyone has different views on the Russian-Ukrainian war, you can scold the country you hate, but please all scold outside, otherwise Russia and Ukraine are fighting over there, and the Chinese are fighting a civil war with each other's mouths, isn't it to let both of them lead a group of 'dogs' from the Chinese public opinion field? When you call some people a 'dog' on one side, you become a 'dog' on the other side of the standard in the mouth of the scolded crowd.
“…… It is not a war for China, and the Chinese government is doing its best to maintain neutrality and resolutely not involve China, which is in the real interests of all our people......"
"Looking at the Russian-Ukrainian war, Chinese should look deeper, see the world clearly, see the trajectory of strength and morality, and the momentum and time. How difficult it is for China to coordinate the complex relations related to this war! ”
And when Hu Xijin talked about Putin's replacement of Defense Minister Shoigu, he commented again:
“…… Putin has managed to adapt Russia to the arrival of a long war of attrition, which is already remarkable...... He wants to make sure that no matter how long the war lasts, Russia's capabilities and morale will not fall."
Lao Hu also said of the United States: "...... Those enemies of the United States should of course be friends of China......."
Indeed, swearing is certainly indecent and wrong - "insults and intimidation are never fights"!
Moreover, the differences of opinion and controversy among the Chinese people are not a "life and death" battle, so it is normal to have different views on issues including the "Russia-Ukraine war", and they can argue with each other, and even disapprove and disagree with each other, which is not a big problem.
However, if you don't use evidence and logic to reason with facts, but if you don't agree with each other, you have to scold, it is not only a matter of worrying personal quality, but also a fact: "Only unreasonable will scold three points"!
Therefore, Lao Hu does not agree with the phenomenon of Chinese people scolding each other as "dogs" for the Russian-Ukrainian war, which can certainly be understood and approved by people.
However, not all people in the world are as "good-tempered" as Lao Hu, for example, for so many years, Hu Xijin has been scolded as a "wall-riding faction and a frisbee" - what is the difference between being directly scolded as a "dog"? But Lao Hu basically didn't scold back, and he was extremely generous, and at this point, it did make those who scolded if they couldn't say it were three points shorter than Lao Hu.
Scolding each other because of a conflict of views will obviously exacerbate the sharp confrontation between individuals, and will also lead to a realistic illegal act that turns from scolding to fighting.
For example, Wu Fatian, a law professor and lawyer who was a "left-fist general", twice went to a scolding war because of a dispute over opinions on the Internet, and finally made a real appointment: once he failed to make an appointment with the well-known current critic "Wuyue Sanren"; Another time, I made an appointment with a beautiful TV reporter, and when I came up, I was served by an egg array, but it also made the female reporter fall to the point of being detained.
In fact, this is not the most serious consequence - because the scolding and fighting under the battle of views is still a private matter between individuals, but when such a dispute of opinions forms the usual scene of endless scolding and war on the Internet, and its ethnic tearing effect on the people, such consequences and evil consequences are even more serious.
For example, the great differences and controversies caused by the "Russia-Ukraine war" among the Chinese people, in fact, caused by the opposition of views, group splits, and value disputes, are also very typical and representative public opinion debates after the arrival of the Internet era.
On the one hand, it also shows that the state has not restricted this, nor has it forcibly demanded unity and uniformity of views, and it also shows that the state has become more lenient and tolerant in the degree of freedom of speech -- this is obviously a reflection and embodiment of the spirit of "democracy and freedom" in the core values of socialism.
Of course, as Hu Xijin said, based on its own interests and overall and long-term considerations, the state has expressed its "neutral position" of "abiding by neutrality, persuading peace talks, and restoring peace" -- not forcing the people's voice to be completely uniform in itself, but also giving the outside world a sense of "impartial neutrality".
However, it has to be said that in the face of practical interests and complicated world affairs, it is very difficult to "maintain neutrality".
Just look at the accusations of the United States and the West against China in the Russia-Ukraine war, and you can understand this. In fact, if we only look at it from the perspective of national interests, China's so-called "neutrality" is more like "favoring" the United States and the West! For example, when the United States threatened to withdraw Chinese banks from the international settlement system, didn't we quietly do so?
This shows that it is extremely difficult to be an absolute and self-conscious "neutral country" – it is more the work of a small country like Switzerland to protect itself, and it is difficult for a large country to protect itself in the name of "neutrality".
If the country is like this, how difficult it is for individuals to maintain the neutrality of "rational guests"!
If it is based on one's own judgment of the standard of good and evil, starting from human nature and conscience, and letting the sense of justice fill the heart and make an argument, this is obviously the attitude and position that civilized people should have
However, if we only take a stance first and decide right and wrong based on our standpoint, we will think that we are very "patriotic" on the surface, but just like in World War II, the United States, which initially did a lot of business with Japan and Germany, and became self-enriched, has obviously been criticized and criticized by the world.
Later, after joining the anti-fascist coalition halfway, the United States became the most important force for justice, and it won worldwide praise, and thus became the only superpower in the world! - Isn't this the reward you get for choosing justice?
Therefore, with regard to war, of course, we must understand its historical longitude and latitude, analyze the rights and wrongs of both sides, and where the responsibility lies for the war, and we should not think that as long as we say "national interests," we must completely and unconditionally support or oppose it.
For example, in this "Russia-Ukraine war", at the national level, China has never expressed its unconditional support for which side, nor has it unconditionally opposed to which side, which is related to the country's comprehensive consideration of this complex event.
However, in the face of the unmistakable consensus of right and wrong, good and evil, which is the greatest common divisor of the world, if we still insist on maintaining the so-called "neutrality" between evil and justice, it will be tantamount to supporting evil in disguise.
For example, during World War II, Germany, Japan, and Italy supported each other, and it was clearly an evil alliance. And in the beginning, the United States, which maintained the so-called "neutrality" of these three countries and even made a lot of money by doing arms business with them, at that time, it was completely full of evil "neutrality"!
Fortunately, the Americans later changed their ways and made the right choice in history! -- This history is obviously worthy of reference and deep reflection by all countries, including China.
For individual people, first of all, starting from the good wishes of human nature, as a normal person, we should "determine our position with good and evil", rather than "determine good and evil with our position"! - Otherwise, in this world, only interests are discussed, and there is no distinction between good and evil.
In addition, as Lao Hu said, "America's enemies are our friends," this statement is not entirely and always true -- this is obviously a "friendship theory" based on the premise of interests, but when the available interests disappear, will they still be friends? It may even turn around and become a new enemy. Such a world is impermanent, and the Chinese have to guard against it!
Even from a logical point of view, something like "the enemy of the enemy is a friend" is not entirely applicable – for example, if Pakistan is China's "old iron" but also has excellent relations with the United States, then "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", or vice versa, "the enemy of the enemy is the enemy", is obviously not in line with the deduction of formal logic, and contradicts each other.
In fact, in this world, there is no simplistic thinking of "black and white" and "friend or foe", which is obviously not in line with reality - this is why we are still fighting the United States.
The relationship between people or countries, the factor of interests, is indeed a large component and aspect, but this does not mean that everything else can be left behind for the sake of interests
The ancients said well: "Eli fellowship, and profit is scattered; Intersect with potential, and tilt when you go; Only with the fellowship of the heart can it become long-lasting" - So, Comrade Hu, if I hold the "frisbee" of Chinese culture like this, you won't scold me for being a "dog", right?
However, the Chinese people have one of the most difficult stubborn diseases to cure, that is, the problem of "position first" thinking solidification!
This is related to our lack of necessary logical learning, education and thinking training, the characteristics of traditional Chinese cultural thinking, more focused on poetry, fu, lyrics, music and other forms of perceptual expression, even if there were later imperial examination papers, but it is fundamentally a kind of "only for the emperor to sing praises" position of the first composition, thinking.
Therefore, in the Chinese cultural ideological system, there is a lack of rigorous logical thinking and speculative ability, and with the blessing of the contemporary trend of thought of "the more knowledge, the more reactionary", many people are lazy to think and are only willing to arm themselves with ready-made "theories". The lack of independence, freedom, rationality, and logical thinking has led to the brainwashing of giving up independent thinking and being lazy to think, which has made the phenomenon of "position first" popular, and has also become the natural solidified gene of many Chinese people.
Therefore, although Lao Hu strongly advised everyone to stop scolding each other, it was really difficult! - If you say to a wild dog: Don't eat if you starve! Do you think it can really get rid of this tradition of eating that it thinks is incomparably good? [Original Comment: Yu Says It's Closed]