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Re:Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlas... by darkteflon on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:32AM (#26601847)
No one’s comparing those things.
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Re:Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlas... by teknologist on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:39AM (#26601880)
In designating 'Westerners' as 'a bunch of bloody hypocrites' the boycotters, as you have described them, most certainly would be
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Re:Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlas... by darkteflon on Saturday March 27, 2021 @08:50AM (#26601933)
It’s not about moral relativism or whataboutism. I’m saying the precipitous decline in American soft power opens the door for the weaponisation of events like this for the political benefit of the Chinese state.
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Re:Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlas... by teknologist on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:11AM (#26602031)
Well then I guess I'm saying that it's not so smart to believe it
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Re:Xinjiang cotton: Western clothes brands vanish as backlas... by darkteflon on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:27AM (#26602141)
Right. You were just running your mouth.
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