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Shills gonna shill
I tend to lean into accepting that ‘the US government has done some pretty horrific shit too’ camp, but I don’t do it as a way to shill for China, because fuck that authoritarian place. But it is dumb not to recognize massacres like Kent State, Tulsa, or the systematic genocides of First Nations peoples.
Tiananmen Square really isn’t the best example to use as an example of how China isn’t like the US. There’s plenty of much more insidious dystopian shit happening in China every day to use than that.
this article isn't about the US. I believe there is a reason so many in so many threads like that do what you're doing and worse. THE TOPIC IS NOT THE US, STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT THAT WAY
It's called Whataboutism. Very common deflection tactic.
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