• carl_marks_@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What would you call the places where the US detains immigrants? What would you call the enhanced interrogation techniques the US uses in guantanamo bay and CIA blacksites? What would you call the prisons where the US forces people to work without pay?

    The US has used heavily militarized police and even tanks to crush civil unrest. The US doesn’t just threaten to invade a neighboring island (like china threatens to invade taiwan), the US actually has invaded neighboring islands such as Cuba, Haiti (multiple times), the Dominican Republic, etc. None of this justifies any of China’s actions, but it is important to know that nominally democratic nations can also act authoritarian.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I tentatively agree. The key to avoiding whataboutism is to make clear that you’re willing to call out abuses and human rights violations for both sides.