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It would be nice if we could add some human rights issues to Trump’s list of grievances. I feel like coverage of what’s going on would feel entirely different i

It would be nice if we could add some human rights issues to Trump’s list of grievances. I feel like coverage of what’s going on would feel entirely different if part of it was saying “stop running concentration camps” Edit: curious why the downvotes

war1025 7y ago
At least to me, your comment reads like you wish Trump would act more like Hitler so you could feel more justified in not liking him. Edit: See reply below. I realize now that this was me misinterpreting the parent's words.
- WillPostForFood 7y ago
  Caring more about human rights abuses is to "act more like Hitler" Sheesh..
  - war1025 7y ago
    Perhaps I misread the comment, which is probably what other people did as well then. I believe based on your comment, the intended statement was "I wish Trump would make a bigger deal out of China's human rights abuses." Which does seem pretty reasonable. Given the general pattern of comments on the internet where everything about Trump is negative, I read it as "I wish Trump would have some human rights abuses added to his list of things that are wrong with him" As I said, sounds like that is my mistake. I am guessing others may have read it that way as well.
    - zaroth 7y ago
      Buttercup’s comment is a sweet little Rorschach test.
hurrdurr2 7y ago
I'm going to venture a guess as perhaps there's some hypocrisy on the US being the moral authority on human rights... yes I realize that we don't currently run concentration camps, but we did not that long ago (see Japanese internment camps), or the more recent black sites where prisoners are tortured... or funding friendly dictators with death squads... etc.
ajxs 7y ago
I'm definitely a critic of China's awful stance on human rights, but would Trump taking a stance against China's despotic government on humanitarian grounds seem the least bit credible when that seems to be the de-facto justification du jour for foreign regime change? Assad barrel bombs, Iran nuclear this that, Gaddafi something something... I've long since stopped giving the ( unilateral ) American government the benefit of doubt when they complain about other counties' treatment of their citizens. At least this time they're being remotely honest.

war1025 7y ago

At least to me, your comment reads like you wish Trump would act more like Hitler so you could feel more justified in not liking him. Edit: See reply below. I realize now that this was me misinterpreting the parent's words.

WillPostForFood 7y ago
Caring more about human rights abuses is to "act more like Hitler" Sheesh..
- war1025 7y ago
  Perhaps I misread the comment, which is probably what other people did as well then. I believe based on your comment, the intended statement was "I wish Trump would make a bigger deal out of China's human rights abuses." Which does seem pretty reasonable. Given the general pattern of comments on the internet where everything about Trump is negative, I read it as "I wish Trump would have some human rights abuses added to his list of things that are wrong with him" As I said, sounds like that is my mistake. I am guessing others may have read it that way as well.
  - zaroth 7y ago
    Buttercup’s comment is a sweet little Rorschach test.

hurrdurr2 7y ago

I'm going to venture a guess as perhaps there's some hypocrisy on the US being the moral authority on human rights... yes I realize that we don't currently run concentration camps, but we did not that long ago (see Japanese internment camps), or the more recent black sites where prisoners are tortured... or funding friendly dictators with death squads... etc.

ajxs 7y ago

I'm definitely a critic of China's awful stance on human rights, but would Trump taking a stance against China's despotic government on humanitarian grounds seem the least bit credible when that seems to be the de-facto justification du jour for foreign regime change? Assad barrel bombs, Iran nuclear this that, Gaddafi something something... I've long since stopped giving the ( unilateral ) American government the benefit of doubt when they complain about other counties' treatment of their citizens. At least this time they're being remotely honest.