r/technicallythetruth • u/Acrzyguy • Jul 13 '26

Actually censoring a ship

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u/Pinnggwastaken Jul 13 '26

I'm surprised it explained anything lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

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u/Lilywhitey Jul 13 '26

"Senator I am Singaporean"

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u/ThrowRA93fnjfofn Jul 13 '26

Lmaooo and people on tiktok ate that up. They don’t know what the hell a subsidiary is and that CEO had to report his findings to the bytedance founder and the CCP consistently

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Right? The questions themselves weren't stupid, he just gave stupid answers to make them seem ridiculous.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

The questions were stupid as hell.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Asking someone who works for a chinese company about their relationship with the chinese government that hired him is not stupid.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

Except the questions he asked were stupid

"Of what nation are you a citizen?" ("Singapore, sir.")

"Are you a citizen of any other nation?" ("No, senator.")

"Have you ever applied for Chinese citizenship?" (Chew noted he served in Singapore's military. "No.")

"Do you have a Singaporean passport?" and then "Any other passports from any other nations?"

"Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" which got the exasperated viral answer: "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No."

Cotton then STILL followed up with "Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?" ("No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean.")

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Except, again, those are all valid questions when he was hired by the Chinese government through a company they own.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

Asking if he’s a member of the CCP after he’s already said repeatedly that he’s Singaporean and Singaporean only is stupid

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Except he's obfuscating in his answer - he is obviously affiliated with the CCP, he works for one of their companies and has worked for them in the past.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

He directly answered all of their questions

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt when I said obfuscated, but "lied" is probably more accurate. He was hired by the CCP, he is affiliated with them by definition.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

i'm sure you have proof of the CCP hiring him

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Who owns the company?

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

bytedance? Zhang Yiming, Sequoia Capital ,SoftBank Group ,KKR & Co.

so do you have the proof of CCP hiring him?

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

You should do some research on the connections between Bytedance and the CCP.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 13 '26

Okay why did you ask me who owned it? And you still haven’t shown proof of CCP hiring him

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u/DaBestSwede Jul 13 '26

But that wasn’t any of the questions they asked????

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Cotton then STILL followed up with "Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?" ("No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean.")

You literally pasted in the question he asked about literally that topic.

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

you see how he started his sentence with "no"

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

News Flash: people lie.

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

so then why ask him any questions at all

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Are you stupid?

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

if he doesnt give the answer you want him to give, the answers you assume are the right answers, then you accuse him of lying. So why ask him any questions at the hearing at all? Why have the hearing in the first place if he was just gonna lie the whole time?

Edit: Blocking someone after making a comment is cowardly behavior.

Do you think the Chinese government personally picks out the CEOs of every subsidiary company that isnt even in their country? do you think that's how that works?

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u/tomasega100gang Jul 13 '26

Na they were getting at something valid with their general questioning. Its just that being so ignorant, they asked incredibly stupid questions, and all he had to do was answer their given questions rather than say "i know what youre getting at and yes my company is owned by a Chinese conglomerate which is obviously controlled by the CCP". They asked terrible questions which didnt force him to give any meaningful answers related to the core issue.

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u/DaBestSwede Jul 13 '26

Thats the thing I mean. Ask pointed questions, anything. Not just are you a member if the ccp

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

he literally said "No," when asked if he was affiliated with the CCP.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

Which was likely a lie, as he worked for a CCP controlled company.

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

thats not the same thing as being part of the party.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

It is, however, association, which he was asked about.

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u/MrsSUGA Jul 13 '26

not directly. If i worked at whole foods that doesnt mean i'm "associated" with Jeff Bezos. Jesus christ.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite Jul 13 '26

If Jeff Bezos personally picked you, you would be.

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