Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t...
by wwtrv on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:23PM
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In what way was the Capitol mob “state sanctioned”? The president has a constitutionally defined role and ordering angry mobs to sack government buildings is not part of it (and in any case he didn’t explicitly tell them to do it)
It is worth noting that “state-sanctioned” violence does not always mean legally-sanctioned violence, since state actions can easily be criminal, or at least lawless.
- The Capitol Hill mob was illegal violence, albeit state-sanctioned (by endorsement of the president)
- Arresting the president (either under Congressional authority or the 25th amendment) would be legal state-sanctioned violence
- Although nominal Chinese law is somewhat authoritarian with regard to ethnic minorities and Muslims, the reason the Xi regime is so desperate to cover up and propagandize the concentration camps is that they are illegal under Chinese and international law