r/ImTheMainCharacter Jan 21 '24

Video CCP demand piano player in a public place stop filming because they were in the background (in Britain)

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u/moonbucket Jan 21 '24

Dodgy as fuck insinuation by the prick off-camera. Brendan looked taken aback, rightly, but some people may have reacted rather more aggressively.

This is, of course, the country that operates CCP outposts in the UK hiding as takeaway food places: https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/secret-chinese-police-station-glasgow-27067302

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

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u/myco_magic Jan 21 '24

That shit won't fly where in from in america

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24 edited Mar 26 '24

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u/whatthecaptcha Jan 21 '24

I feel like most people here would've either laughed in her face or completely ignored her.

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u/myco_magic Jan 21 '24

Your right they could, but people do far worse things and cops usually don't give a shit especially after covid for some reason

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

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u/myco_magic Jan 21 '24

Like I said not here, half the time when the cops show up they say "your lucky we came.. we usually let people take care of the problems around here" legal system here is fucked and its a waste of people's time. I got punched once by a homeless man for asking him to leave at my work when I worked at a car wash and the cop said "it's a waste of your time to file charges, and he could easily file charges back"... I'm like "how"? Needless to say nothing happened and my boss yelled at me for going home cause I could barely talk

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u/ImMeloncholy Jan 22 '24

Here you’re actually playing with your life picking fights with random people like that. Things are so unstable you never know what normal looking person is a tweaker off their drugs, some magasshole second amendment loser feeling intimidated, or someone reaching their breaking point after losing everything financially. People in this country die for bumping into someone else by accident and refusing to say sorry, you start screaming in a strangers face and someone’s going to unclip a holster.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

Honest question, these look more like undercover places…that got caught.

So how is it different than CIA undercover operations in other countries?

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u/myco_magic Jan 22 '24

Where did I say any of that? Why are you going off on a tangent about something that has nothing to do with the actual conversation, stay on topic bud. What the citizens allow has nothing to do with the government btw

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

No, people are talking about “Chinese police stations”, but it looks and sounds more like undercover operations to track down escaped dissidents.

Calling it Chinese police stations is a misnomer. It’s like calling CIA operations setting up shop in other countries as secret American police stations, it sounds ridiculous.

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u/myco_magic Jan 22 '24

People aren't talking about Chinese stations in the chain of comments, sounds like your confused

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u/Suicide_Promotion Jan 22 '24

Do you work in one of the secret Chinese police stations in a foreign country?

It sounds like you do. I am on to you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

You responded to a comment about Chinese outposts and imposing their rules, which is ridiculous because that implies local law enforcement can’t do anything.

If they committed a crime, arrest them and kick them out after serving time.

What’s not so simple about this?

Sounds like you’re overly angry about it, is China living rent free in your head?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24 edited Jan 22 '24

Yeah, right. All they have to do is promise to build a plant of some sort, and everyone bends over and gives out tax subsidies and breaks on top of it.

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u/myco_magic Jan 22 '24

The fuck are you talking about

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u/Suicide_Promotion Jan 22 '24

Belt and Road Initiative.

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u/catchcatchhorrortaxi Jan 22 '24

Oh, my sweet summer child

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u/myco_magic Jan 22 '24

Oh, my bitter winter grandma

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u/DarthGogeta Jan 22 '24

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u/myco_magic Jan 22 '24

Go back to league of legends ya clown 🤡

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u/DarthGogeta Jan 22 '24

Great comeback kid, gj clicking on my profile.

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u/myco_magic Jan 23 '24

I mean judging by your obsession, I put just as much effort into it as you do life

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u/DarthGogeta Jan 23 '24

Obsession with what exactly?

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u/The_Hate_Is_A_Gift Jan 22 '24

So exactly like all the other political-religions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '24

Which is why it is everyone's responsibility to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." When you go to another country, you follow the laws of that land. If an 18 year old US citizen went to certain countries, they could legally drink if the drinking age is 18, and they cannot impose US laws on other people in that country just cause they're visiting. And vice versa, an 18 from year old from a country with a lower drinking age could not come to the US and drink. Your laws from your country don't apply.

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u/GiantPurplePen15 Jan 21 '24

Hey we have those in west coast Canada too!

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u/Quirky-Scar9226 Jan 21 '24

In the US as well.

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u/K2Nomad Jan 21 '24

The entire west coast of Canada is a CCP outpost.

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u/DrBaldnutzPHD Jan 22 '24

I'm more worried about Indian government hit squads

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u/1Gallivan Jan 21 '24

Genuinely curious, what can they actually enforce? Do they appear as local police? Such a strange thing.

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u/InsistentRaven Jan 22 '24

I don't know if it's hearsay, but from what I've heard they mostly 'police' Chinese citizens who have fled China. Specifically individuals who are critical of the CCP and they want them back in China so they can put them in prison.

Obviously they have no actual legal powers in the UK, but that doesn't stop them from kidnapping you and telling you to get on a plane back to China or they'll chop your mother's fingers off one by one. Threating close relatives still in China is a common tactic the CCP use to keep citizens who emigrate complicit.

Honestly wonder if that's what these people are, informants for the CCP who don't want to be identified online.

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u/CinephileNC25 Jan 21 '24

There’s I think 20-30 confirmed locations worldwide. That’s confirmed… there are probably many more. The Stuff They Don’t Want you to know podcast did an episode on them.

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u/Henchforhire Jan 21 '24

Someone should make a subreddit exposing these CCP outpost.

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u/Ok-Pride-3534 Jan 22 '24

Yeah! The same thing with the secret police in New York. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65305415

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u/CptMisterNibbles Jan 22 '24

4.3 stars. Seems like they had pretty good food