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AndyMcConachie[dead post] ◴[] No.23831133[source]
I'm constantly seeing westerners whine about Chinese human rights violations while simultaneously ignoring the HR violations occurring everywhere else, especially in the west. American cops routinely kill people. Yet, how many people have died in Hong Kong because of their protests?

The notion that China lacks 'proper civil society' is in my mind rooted in a western sense of orientalism and good old fashioned racism. I'm no defender of China, but let's recognize that the same nations trying to punish China because 'human rights'(US, UK) are the same ones responsible for killing close to 1 million Iraqis and creating the largest humanitarian crisis on earth(Yemen).

ardit33[dead post] ◴[] No.23831199[source]
China is currently doing slow motion genocide / ethnic cleansing in one of their major provinces.

There is no comparison. Relativism... is a way to 'cleanse' somebody's crime, with saying: but x, and y, or doing something bad

We see China bots doing this over and over on forums, (reddit being a prime target)

Lets make it clear: by saying china is not doing anything worse than the west, you are clearly supporting genocide and concentration camps...

throwawaybab323[dead post] ◴[] No.23831267[source]
Your point is? Every nation does this with their indigenous population. Yet you don't seem to be outraged at the fact native americans are raped and murdered almost everyday in america.
ardit33[dead post] ◴[] No.23831340[source]
This is the typical Chinese bot I am talking about.... fresh account and your logic doesn't make sense.
1. dang ◴[] No.23836798[source]
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