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But to a much lesser extent on some things in the modern day.
For example, China suppressing Uyghurs is on a level the US hasn't done since Japanese concentration camps in WWII. And it's been since maybe the US annexing Texas or manefest destiny since they've done covert or overt invasion like Ukraine, Georgia, Hong Kong, or planning with Taiwan.
Is there a country in the Middle East that America hasn't bombed or invaded?
Is there one that is part of the US now?
There are still American soldiers in most of them.
Occupied territories yes.
And there's a US colony committing a genocide in Palestine right now.
Were the tubal ligations voluntary?
@conditional_soup *Urumqi god this charlimit is so awful I can do 5000 but 500 is grueling. Sorry for triple tapping ya
Huh? Pretty sure Guantanamo Bay is still open to this day. Not on the same scale nowadays, sure; but the CCP never claimed freedom as part of its core values either.
Reading comprehension really is a struggle sometimes. They specifically mentioned scale in their comment. Also, I kinda feel like being open about genocide doesn't make it better.
They also compared Japanese U.S. internment camps during WWII to the current suppression of Uyghurs in China so maybe take what they say with a grain of salt.
You think reeducation camps to kill a culture are different?
You think Japanese camps were to kill a culture?
I think the camps for the Uyghurs are.
Do you think the current treatment of Uyghurs by China is comparable to treatment of Japanese people in US internment camps during WWII?
Sorry it seems you may have forgotten one of the cardinal rules around here, you can only say bad things about America, everything else is bigotry