Babylon Bee is the greatest "news" website today, primarily because it's satiric, ironic and hilarious. Once you discover sources like the Bee, you'll wonder how you ever learned without satire.
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Today I was doing my daily dive of Bee news and came across this gem, which tears scathingly into Blizzard Entertainment, the Chinese atrocities in Hong Kong, and corporate obsequiousness desperate for Chinese market access.
If you don't know the background:
- China is trying to end freedom in Hong Kong
- President Xi is using his power to silence dissenters
- Blizzard (creator of Hearthstone & Overwatch) is kowtowing HARD,
Blizzard Adds President Xi To 'Overwatch' Roster
"We know we've handled this Hong Kong thing poorly, and this is our way to apologize to you, the fans," he added. "You can play as the great hero President Xi, he whom we all love, adore, and cherish."
President Xi will be invulnerable in the game, of course, and will have overpowered abilities, such as the "Secret Police" ability, which lets him immediately arrest all the other players, detain them indefinitely, and execute them if desired. He will also have the "Puppet String" ability where he can make other players do whatever he wants by dangling cash in front of them.
Blizzard will also be banning anyone who doesn't select Xi while playing the game and reporting them to Chinese authorities.
Laugh while you learn with the Babylon Bee
If you're following this whole debacle you will laugh with frustration by this post. It seems to me Blizzard, Apple, and the NBA, are all tripping over themselves to appease this brutal dictatorship. It simultaneously breaks my heart, because of what it tells us of man's motivations, while stirring my anger and desire for justice.
The world is such a dark place in so many ways, China, dictatorship, infringement of God given freedoms, greed. Therefore, when an opportunity arises where I can learn while laughing I am overjoyed and eager to share my sources. The Babylon Bee is one example, and China Uncensored is another.
If you've never heard of the Bee, please do yourself a favor and check it out today. They have a wide range of irreverent content, from self-effacing Christian comedy to more political current event coverage like that cited above, I'm confident they've got something that will make you smile, and think.
As always, thank you for your time and attention. I hope you have an amazing day, God bless you and yours.
Works Cited:
- Babylonbee.com, Blizzard Adds President Xi To 'Overwatch' Roster, Nov 5, 2019
- China Uncensored, Biggest Protest In Hong Kong’s History | China Uncensored, YouTube.com, Jun 16, 2019
- Theregister.co.uk, US games company Blizzard kowtows to Beijing by banning gamer who dared to bring up Hong Kong, Oct 8, 2019
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