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What does an anonymous account have to do with anything? Whataboutism cannot be used to coverup hypocrisy and perpetuate denial.

China is using a hammer, we do it much more slyly, harassing journalists at airports, creating lists, hounding whistle-blowers, de-legitimizing alternate voices and idea, have in-effect erected a total surveillance state and empowered government agents to ruffle through our personal stuff. What more needs to be done?

These are huge transgressions against the democratic ideal that the NYT and mainstream media don't lose sleep over but apparently we need to distract ourselves with China. This is a kind of denial, there is no moral high ground to pull this kind of thing off.

The chinese have no illusion about their government, but we are happy to defend ours while they trample our rights. A totalitarian would prefer our way.