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friends from countries with questionable civil/political freedoms...
... do you tone down your political views to them, even stuff you would normally share unreservedly with your other friends?
For example, on fb during the Iranian election protests I kind of publicly made my hope for the anger and chaos to escalate and thereby threaten the Guardian Council's position, but then 5 minutes later I realised that might tick off some of my Iranian friends so I modified my posts.
Sometimes I've also toned down my views of Chinese politics to PRC national students, partially because I don't know how they react. (Though those who have revealed their stances to me tend to be libertarian ... yay.) Would you consider it inconsiderate to make snide remarks about the PRC government in the presence of PRC nationals? (e.g. that the PRC government is illegitimate and the Republic of China government is still the legitimate heir to Sun Yat-Sen, or about Hu Yaobang, Tiananmen Square, etc.) Sometimes I'm not talking to them directly, but they're dining as a group with other students, etc.
And what about those from Honduras, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, etc?
For example, on fb during the Iranian election protests I kind of publicly made my hope for the anger and chaos to escalate and thereby threaten the Guardian Council's position, but then 5 minutes later I realised that might tick off some of my Iranian friends so I modified my posts.
Sometimes I've also toned down my views of Chinese politics to PRC national students, partially because I don't know how they react. (Though those who have revealed their stances to me tend to be libertarian ... yay.) Would you consider it inconsiderate to make snide remarks about the PRC government in the presence of PRC nationals? (e.g. that the PRC government is illegitimate and the Republic of China government is still the legitimate heir to Sun Yat-Sen, or about Hu Yaobang, Tiananmen Square, etc.) Sometimes I'm not talking to them directly, but they're dining as a group with other students, etc.
And what about those from Honduras, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, etc?
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The only times I tone it down is around PARENTS of my friends. Friends and parents of friends are entirely different things.
but also, i don't go around announcing them to eveyone