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by xnull2guest 3475 days ago
> why is it that you condemn describing what the Chinese government is doing wrong, but think it is good to do so for the US?

I condemn the Chinese for all of their civil rights infractions, watch: China has a serious problem with gross human and civil rights violations.

Anyway. People tend to react to accusation that the United States government commits serious human rights attrocities with a knee jerk - accusing the other person of being employed by other governments, etc.

This is not the case.

Let me put this out there, because I think it's important to understand.

China has been drastically improving in the field of human rights over time. It's trajectory is UP.

America has been drastically devolving in the field of human rights over time. It's trajectory is DOWN.

Is that concerning? Why do Americans feel that China is even a metric for comparison?

No government gives their people rights. Rights are inalienable.

The United States government has been taking away their people's rights.

Articles such as the above make China seem like the problem, or the most important problem.

If you are an American and you are concerned with human and civil rights, you won't win them by fighting the Chinese. You will win them by fighting your own government.

I take the allegation that I am a paid Chinese propagandist seriously. I reject this accusation fully.