In response to a comment explaining that neither ship was Chinese:

And this is why China needs to stop being gigantic bullies and jerks in those waters. It leads to tensions where even routine stupid collisions in very crowded waters are instantly assumed to be hostile actions. If this had been a Chinese ship that had been struck, the Chinese would have instantly reacted the same way and they would have started howling for blood before the facts were known. Until China dials down the aggression, this area is a powder keg that they have created and sparks are flying every day. Today's mishap was another spark and everybody is lucky that the shooting didn't start. It's up to the Chinese to stop this and dial back the tension.

edit: wow, the China trolls are out for this comment! Sorry, kids. Have a nice afternoon.

[–]HuJimX 37 points 4 hours ago yeah it’s definitely China’s fault that a Korean vessel sunk a Filipino fishing boat. fuckin mao ze dong

[–]stoopidmothafunka [score hidden] an hour ago I'm sure you're not personally invested in China's reputation, Hu Jim

"Hate the government, not the people"

Really incredible stuff. Even after learning it was a Korean ship they manage to blame China

It's like when BurgerLanders were calling for Iraqi blood after 9/11.

All those dorks talking about the mandate of heaven in an extremely orientalist way. Did Liz Truss have the divine right of kings? Lmao

There is a word for people hating a particular ethnic group with zero rational reasons.

I wonder what that word is

jfc, it's the whole comment section. I expected a few assholes. Then they keep posting through it after they're objectively wrong.

We're so hosed.

Like, reddit libs can't even remember when they used to think orange-man silly because he's obsessed with China.

Haters become waiters at the table of success.

I scrolled down one random interval, saw some redditor talking about the Mandate of Heaven, and dipped.

At a certain point I've become a little impressed with how deeply they've managed to embed those in redditors. The ones that aren't outright bots are more worm than brain by now

America NEEDS a sinister enemy to function.

Casually racist website. Just like after 9/11 when it was very OK to to be casually racist against anyone who was tan skinned or appeared to be of a middle eastern descent and muslim.

Just like back then, I predict in a few years we will get the rebound effect where we have episodes of a tv show or a movie where a Chinese character will appear to be the villain but actually help the white protagonist against the real villain (chinese state, or american defector to china). This is Hollywood's version of DEI.

As a would-be academic historian, it makes my blood boil when these ignorant chickenhawks bring up the Mandate of Heaven as though that concept still had any political currency in China whatsoever

Liberals are so bloodthirsty

A few comments down threw some sense into the mix saying it sounds like astroturfing is at least playing some role, and someone linked a very interesting web archive link: Reddit admins accidentally reveal "Eglin Air Force base as the most "Reddit addicted city", from 2013. (and here's a link to the web archive page if the original reddit post goes missing)

I found this paper that a Redditor said was funded by Eglin which shows how to influence conversations online and control majority opinion, but keep in mind I haven't read the paper nor looked any deeper into the authors so take it with a grain of salt, unless you wanna look further.

Edit: apparently the official explanation is that Eglin is where military VPN traffic goes through, so everyone browsing Reddit on military networks does through Eglin. Kinda sus but seems reasonable imo

Honestly im kinda shocked there were a ton of normal people shitting on racist redditors in that thread compared to usual

lmao stop reading worldnews. It's been a shithole since its founding and won't ever change.

I personally believe that Redditors are constantly braying for Chinese blood and this unrelated collision just happened to occur.

Evil motherfuckers

No other words for this behavior

Not only that, but the vessel they struck was a large tanker or container vessel. Unless the fishermen were in a sailboat, the bigger boat had right of way.

The comic of the kid setting up a room full of monster decorations and then crying on the floor because it scared him

ah well nevertheless

This is legitimately one of the most unhinged threads i have ever seen and that is truly saying something.