Well said and I agree :)

China isn’t reliant on imported food, from the US or anywhere.

That’s a reasonable reflection. Tensions can be high on Lemmy these days.

Or you could just come up with a coherent argument to persuade them, rather than intimidating them with implied force. You’re not as tough as you think you are, shooter.

Blame Mani

It’s not, and I can’t understand what you’re intending to say. If it’s “extreme-ized” (not “extermized”), then the word you’re looking for is radicalized.

calm down

sweet summer child

I know these tactics, they’re designed to goad me into an emotive response so I lose the argument!

They’re not a case in themselves and your smugness is distasteful. Your interlocutor is treating you with more respect than you are showing in return.

That’s the trouble with words like ‘artificial’ and ‘natural’. They mean nothing. It would be better to call them refined additives, because I expect the “stevia” would be in a refined, extracted form when added - whether substantially changed from the form present in the plant or not, this could be considered artificial, if we insist on using this word.

Seconded