many native formosans were massacred before and after the ROC lost the civil war and fled to taiwan, so religious freedom there is also hazy

onlyhereformoney said:

many native formosans were massacred before and after the ROC lost the civil war and fled to taiwan, so religious freedom there is also hazy

Idk what you're talking about, native aboriginal were Christian shortly after retrocession from western missionary efforts, it was the Japanese that banned their folk practices. If you're talking about the 228 riots which mainly affected hokkiens ,that was an protest that got taken advantage of by communist cells to try to start an full on rebellion and had nothing to do with religion.

All religions in Taiwan after 1945 had religious freedom besides Yiguandao which was a secret society that had anti- government elements, Christianity spread unlike how it was during WW2, Muslims Hui were allowed to build mosques in multiple cities, Chinese folk religions was allowed to have events unlike during Japanese times where they banned hokkiens operas.

albert03 said:

Idk what you're talking about, native aboriginal were Christian shortly after retrocession from western missionary efforts, it was the Japanese that banned their folk practices. If you're talking about the 228 riots which mainly affected hokkiens ,that was an protest that got taken advantage of by communist cells to try to start an full on rebellion and had nothing to do with religion.

All religions in Taiwan after 1945 had religious freedom besides Yiguandao which was a secret society that had anti- government elements, Christianity spread unlike how it was during WW2, Muslims Hui were allowed to build mosques in multiple cities, Chinese folk religions was allowed to have events unlike during Japanese times where they banned hokkiens operas.

Blaming escalations on communists is a cheap shot (and I despise communists, btw), and very far from the reality of the nature of 228.
Food for thought...the Aussies (Allies!) reported that the ROC was treating Taiwan worse than the Japanese did.
So claiming the ROC (dominated by Chiang and his very power hungry Christian wife) was a beacon of religious freedom is quite the stretch. The mainland isn't a shining example of freedom, but let's not paint rosy pictures for others that don't deserve it either.

hotmakiroll said:

Blaming escalations on communists is a cheap shot (and I despise communists, btw), and very far from the reality of the nature of 228.
Food for thought...the Aussies (Allies!) reported that the ROC was treating Taiwan worse than the Japanese did.
So claiming the ROC (dominated by Chiang and his very power hungry Christian wife) was a beacon of religious freedom is quite the stretch. The mainland isn't a shining example of freedom, but let's not paint rosy pictures for others that don't deserve it either.

Ok bro lets ignore the cases of roving gangs beating and killing anyone who doesnt speak japanese, and the 27 Brigade which was founded and ran by communists to fight the government that fled to the mainland after the fact, and the riots in Keelung where they tried to take over a military harbor during wartime

albert03 said:

Ok bro lets ignore the cases of roving gangs beating and killing anyone who doesnt speak japanese, and the 27 Brigade which was founded and ran by communists to fight the government that fled to the mainland after the fact, and the riots in Keelung where they tried to take over a military harbor during wartime

And this justifies Chiang's actions....how?
Protip: Just because you think someone is being a monster doesn't mean you have to be monster as well
You'll only sink down to their level, and that's nothing to be proud of

hotmakiroll said:

And this justifies Chiang's actions....how?
Protip: Just because you think someone is being a monster doesn't mean you have to be monster as well
You'll only sink down to their level, and that's nothing to be proud of

Ok bro, the "if you kill him, you will be just like him" trope only works in marvel movies on fictional characters, not violent rebels in a civil war