Thread by @BonicMichael

@ColinZwirko You have a “duty to report the operations of North Korean state media companies, esp when they're obfuscating connections to central propaganda authorities on social media”? So you rat out Un A’s & Jin Hui’s Vlogs to US social media? Totally uncool. Such censorship denies us -

@ColinZwirko the people - the chance to view DPRK Vlogging and reach our own conclusions. Besides so what if Sogwang Media is a gov’t org dedicated to upgrading DPRK’s image to the world? Who makes you judge of how DPRK should be perceived by the world? In fact it’s US propaganda that always

@ColinZwirko denigrates DPRK in Western media that has caused the WPK to take the proactive position of combatting it by presenting slices of DPRK life that reflects real North Korean people, lifestyles and ideological socialist messaging as well. We don’t need to be told “DPRK socialism is

@ColinZwirko bad, therefore we don’t want you watching DPRK Vlogs.” We want more insight into socialist NKer’s way of life and their perceptions of the US, nuclear weapons & Kim Jong Un. They are as human as I am, and the humanizing of DPRKers is what you & others are against. You cannot know

@ColinZwirko a North Korean until you listen to, spend time with or watch a North Korean. That’s why Un A and Jin Hui, loyal DPRKers, by being themselves and extending an open hand, an invitation, to the international community to see DPRK as they do, are North Korean innovators attempting to

@ColinZwirko engage the world, esp. the Western world, in developing a relationship thru trust & communication. At the human level we connect - I have already connected - despite being at polar opposites of the ideological spectrum. We should be like students learning about their culture,

@ColinZwirko their beliefs, their ideology and seek to become friends. Un A and Jin Hui would like to befriend Americans, ROKers, Chinese, Russians, Europeans & anyone else. Their message is: “This is who we are. Today.”
In a sense they’re like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. We can picture

@ColinZwirko them seated w/ their Director: “Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to present the DPRK to the world using social media vlogging that makes us recognizable to the world and negates the Western propaganda narrative that always maligns and slanders our socialism.”

@ColinZwirko They are patriotic North Korean citizens who live their country. It’s b/c I’m firmly convinced that DPRK has no intention of ever attacking South Korea again, but is seeking ☮️ w/out compromising their nuclear deterrence national defense, that I find myself their equal: A citizen

@ColinZwirko who wants to live in ☮️ w/ the rest of the world yet also wants to feel safe in his/her native country, having a national defense respected by other countries. The Korean War should have ended long ago and DPRK & US citizens should be engaged in cultural exchange programs so that

@ColinZwirko the US & DPRK can begin understanding one another, which is necessary for peace to become operational & for setting the stage for US Congress agreeing to ratify a peace treaty that finally ends the Korean War.
That’s why closing the door, shutting down their Vlogs, helps no one.

@ColinZwirko Cultural exchange programs promoting mutual understanding & developing trust b/t the two countries are where it’s at. Not coming down like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer decrying every new North Korean Vlog as “MORE PROPAGANDA!!”

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@ColinZwirko It is so cool when multi-lingual North Korean Jin Hui says: “I think we will get to know each other better through further communication and exchanges”. That’s an invitation to starting a relationship w/ a North Korean female elite…🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Sign me up!

@ColinZwirko It separates the men from the boys when really intelligent, socially-engaged attractive North Korean elite get the door slammed in their faces by Western analysts w/ culturally myopic tunnel vision who aren’t ready for anything resembling a US-DPRK relationship.

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