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Re:Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournamen... by jarym on Thursday December 02, 2021 @03:51AM (#29413910)
I’m not white and I don’t believe it’s right that a woman should be politically silenced for speaking out about sexual abuse she encountered.

Perhaps not everything is about ‘sticking it’ to your homeland.

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Re:Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournamen... by sysOpOpPERAND on Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:14AM (#29414044)
agreed. it's wild how fast a potential operative jumps on this thread and gets hostile about people being upset over human rights violations.

human rights are not supposed to be just a "westerner" thing, it's human rights not western rights.

no person should be treated as subhuman. all people deserve a chance at being free no matter what nation they live in.

and if a organization decides they don't want to support a country because of human rights violations, then good. i support that organization for being on the right side of history.

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Re:Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournamen... by Nemrod67 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @05:11AM (#29414397)
I support Human Rights, but our problem then becomes the Power/Violence required to enforce those Human Rights.

We're so fucked in this Clown Timeline(tm)

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Re:Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournamen... by burntbridge on Thursday December 02, 2021 @06:29AM (#29414858)
Actually no evidence she has been silenced.

You I'm sure do not want to 'stick it' to China, but you are perhaps unwittingly playing your little part in that process.

Ironic also how the comment yours above has been censored for not towing the Western line.

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Re:Steve Simon announces WTA’s decision to suspend tournamen... by computerfriend on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:00AM (#29415061)
There is, in fact, evidence that she has been silenced.
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