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Zundfolge
05-21-2017, 13:06
Baizuo. Pronounced "by-zo"

It means "white left" (from this article (https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/chenchen-zhang/curious-rise-of-white-left-as-chinese-internet-insult))



So what does ‘white left’ mean in the Chinese context ... baizuo is used generally to describe those who “only care about topics such as immigration, minorities, LGBT and the environment” and “have no sense of real problems in the real world”; they are hypocritical humanitarians who advocate for peace and equality only to “satisfy their own feeling of moral superiority”; they are “obsessed with political correctness” to the extent that they “tolerate backwards Islamic values for the sake of multiculturalism”; they believe in the welfare state that “benefits only the idle and the free riders”; they are the “ignorant and arrogant westerners” who “pity the rest of the world and think they are saviours”.



And here's Tucker Carlson explaining it for those that don't want to read.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4R8o56ilQs

It has a partner too; Shengmu – literally the ‘holy mother’ – which according to its users refers to those who are ‘overemotional’, ‘hypocritical’ and ‘have too much empathy’. The criticisms of baizuo and shengmu soon became an online smear campaign targeted at not only public figures such as J. K. Rowling and Emma Watson, but also volunteers, social workers and all other ordinary citizens, whether in Europe or China, who express any sympathy with international refugees.

MrAK
05-21-2017, 13:34
I can't wait to interact with some of my Chinese speaking regulars at work tonight! Thanks for the future entertainment

Bailey Guns
05-21-2017, 17:35
That's priceless. Thanks for posting that.

sampson
05-21-2017, 19:04
They Nailed it

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BPTactical
05-21-2017, 19:40
Well, that certainly pulls the blanket off now don't it?

wctriumph
05-23-2017, 18:53
Do they have word for us?

Bailey Guns
05-23-2017, 18:53
I'm stealing this to post on another forum...

Gman
05-23-2017, 18:55
There is no other forum. [Coffee]

Sawin
05-23-2017, 19:07
Yep. That sounds about right.

roberth
05-24-2017, 07:02
I like it.

BPTactical
05-24-2017, 09:25
Interesting how similar to "Bozo" it is...I think they are on to something....