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Story about how bad China treats its people, “there’s definitely going to be a ‘But the west!’ ridiculous whataboutism. And here we are. I feel like I can predict comments on HN threads these days and it’s pretty sad.
Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses
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#12Holly molly, the whatsaboutism in these comments.
If a had a penny every time ...
There needs to be a better response to pointing out hypocrisy. If you care about China's abuses but not ours and our allies, you do not have the moral high ground, and morality is a political tool to you.
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#13Holly molly, the whatsaboutism in these comments.
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#14I do wonder who pays to have all these comments put on hacker news. This happens a lot on Russia-related threads as well. Or is it just some nationality who learned incorrect history. On the Russia-related threads I would've put it to people from India as there's a big tech group there and they speak English and their country is cozy with Russia, but they wouldn't be defending China.
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"phenomenon" is what I would use to describe China's historical actions, not America's.
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#16Holly molly, the whatsaboutism in these comments.
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Many details are not that difficult to cross-check. Similar stories (typically involving mixed part-Uyghur families torn apart by Chinese government) are abound on social media. BBC, others reported extensively on other victims as well as relevant findings from satellite imagery etc. From my understanding this is less about uncovering some categorically new information, but more about someone able to testify in court on what everyone sort of knew already.
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#20Holly molly, the whatsaboutism in these comments.
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