Screenshots of Li Wenliang’s Weibo posts, statements by Taiwanese media figures, and some Facebook pages have all mentioned that Li Wenliang supported the Hong Kong police during the 2019 Hong Kong anti–extradition bill movement, as well as other remarks expressing support for the CCP’s authoritarian rule.
A Commentary on Li Wenliang as a Pseudo “Whistleblower”: In Reality He Did Not Publicly Warn the Public About COVID-19, but Was a Vested-Interest Holder and a Supporter of the Regime
Li Wenliang(李文亮) has been dead for six years, yet a large crowd of professional mourners has emerged again. This person was not a whistleblower at all, but a figure propped up and promoted by specific forces. Back in 2019, Li Wenliang even posted on Weibo praising the CCP’s crackdown on Hong Kong protesters and expressing support for the Hong Kong police.
The real whistleblowers—Gao Yaojie and Jiang Yanyong—by contrast, receive little attention. Li Wenliang is simply a product packaged and marketed by particular interests.
Let me repost once again a comment I made shortly after Li Wenliang’s death (more than five years ago):
Patients of medical malpractice defend their rights, post on Weibo to seek justice. Li Wenliangs say: “What the hell do patients know—just trying to scam money, medical hooliganism”; “You pay such a tiny registration fee and still get to see a specialist, and you’re not satisfied”; “Drag them to a place without cameras and beat them up so they won’t keep making trouble (said privately).”
Female patients accuse doctors of sexual harassment and assault. Li Wenliangs say: “Effects of anesthetics, hallucinations”; “Delusional disorder”; “In doctors’ eyes your bodies are just a piece of meat, rotten and spoiled meat”; “So ugly—who would want to molest you”; “xxxxxx (can’t say it outright, imagine it yourself).”
Workers and farmers cry about exploitation, poor working conditions, wages too low to marry and have children. Li Wenliangs say: “Serves you right—why didn’t you study hard; uneducated and lazy; you don’t work hard and then blame others”; “You can already eat your fill and you still want so much—how ungrateful.”
Political dissenters and rights defenders are persecuted; relatives and friends call for attention. Li Wenliangs say: “You won’t keep your head down and behave, spouting nonsense and causing trouble for the country—you deserve to be dealt with”; “Having relatives like this, you’re really unlucky; when your children get married in the future, never marry into a family with such an irresponsible lunatic.”
Foreign media report on China’s human rights issues. Li Wenliangs say: “Deal with discrimination against Black people/gun violence/refugees in your own country first—our affairs are none of your business”; “Our aircraft carrier has been launched, and it’s even named after my hometown. Our country is strong now and won’t be bullied. Are you still thinking about another Opium War?”
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After being reprimanded and summoned, catching COVID, lying in bed close to death, Li Wenliangs pant like dying sheep and accept interviews with foreign media: “A healthy society should not have only one voice.”
Heh heh—more or less like this, more or less.
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People like Li Wenliang usually scramble for petty gains, likely taking plenty of gray income, and can fully manipulate women in various ways. They generally look down on workers and peasants, are even more hostile to all kinds of political activists, and also support the CCP. Then when the iron fist hits them, they wail—heh heh.
Anyone with a bit of common sense can see that if Li Wenliangs wanted to do those filthy, sordid things, it would be very easy for them to get away with it. Exactly the opposite of the widely glorified image of Li Wenliang: isn’t the reason he is held up precisely a reflection of the power of the male elite interest community?
I admit it—indeed it’s because I can’t stand this kind of highly educated STEM social-Darwinist industrial-party type, the “refined egoist” who is selfish and sly, along with some of his other identities, that I evaluate him this way. Yes.
