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> we have to stop being like them. Except the US is not. That's the point s/he was trying to make. Exaggeration only pushes the discussion to the most radical
by SoSoRoCoCo 6y ago
> we have to stop being like them.
Except the US is not. That's the point s/he was trying to make. Exaggeration only pushes the discussion to the most radical corners and ignores nuance.
- mcv 6y agoOf course it's not. But in some ways it is. China is totalitarian which the US isn't, and the US doesn't execute as many people, but still the US locks up a larger percentage of its population than China. The US is better than China, but that's a low bar, and in a few areas it's only barely clearing that bar. In other areas it's a lot better of course. Censorship is the big one. Also, the way China has oppressed some minorities (Uyghurs) hasn't happened in the US in decades (black people, native Americans). And the oppression did happen in a different way. But "different" isn't always better.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago> Except the US is not. They're trying to prosecute someone for the exact thing we need journalists to do in a free society. That's what China does, it's wrong, and we shouldn't be doing it. You don't get to say we're not doing it until we're not doing it.
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoDid you just call Julian Assange a journalist?