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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by christophilus on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:09AM (#24303897)
It’s almost like more than one country can do horrible things. Who’d have thought? It doesn’t make the situation in China any better to point out that other countries have also done bad things.
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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by xupybd on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:34AM (#24304083)
Yes but America did that to foreign people during war. Its something else when a government does this to its own people.
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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by SCHiM on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:49AM (#24304207)
Ehh, don't you think that actually makes it worse?

I don't know about you, but even if the government does not have a legitimate democratic mandate, it still has a larger say than a foreign country. Especially if you consider that the USA isn't exactly a shining example of a functioning democracy.

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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by propagandist on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:33AM (#24304606)
1. America declared the war on false grounds, like most wars since WW2

2. It makes 0 difference morally whether you’re targeting domestic or foreign civilians

3. America starves civilian populations outside formal states of war. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0uvgHKZe8. This is the visible tip of the iceberg

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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by ahmedalsudani on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:33AM (#24304075)
I believe the point is that people on this website are selective in their outrage.
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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by fsflover on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:50AM (#24304768)
No, it's just that we are discussing here just one country, see the topic title.
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Re:China Built a Vast New Infrastructure to Imprison Uighurs by ahmedalsudani on Friday August 28, 2020 @10:01AM (#24304919)
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Where is the equivalent outcry? Why is the country we’re discussing here always China?

That’s the selective outrage.

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