The exiled Chinese artist spoke to Sky's Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips about the cancellation of his exhibition by a gallery in London.
  • @Landsharkgun@midwest.socialEnglish
    14•5 months ago

    The comment he was canceled for was for saying that the West has a cultural sense of guilt around the historically widespread oppression of Jewish people (which is true), and that the US and Israel are closely financially linked (which is true). So yah, I think he has cause for an accusation of censorship.

    • @ragica@lemmy.ml
      9•5 months ago

      Ai Weiwei lived in China most of his life, and was openly critical of the government there. He has been imprisoned before. In his family history, one of his parents was internally exiled. This is a brave person who knows a few things from personal experience and deserves some respect and consideration, even if you disagree.

          • davel [he/him]English
            16•5 months ago

            And then there are those who don’t get whacked or politically persecuted, only cancelled. The people who got Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction wrong are still prominent today, while those who got it right have never worked in the industry again, like Chris Hedges and Phil Donahue.

            Like, of course US journalists toe the party line: you get promoted for doing it and you get permabanned like Chris Hedges if you question it.

        • BarrierWithAshes
          4•5 months ago

          Or even the cases of Steven Donziger or the stuff Ralph Nader went through in his heyday.