cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/48982152 > The Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement signed an open letter and to stand with members of the Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in China. > > “We wish to express our deep concern regarding Prime Minister Carney’s forthcoming visit to China,” a statement reads > > At a time of escalating human rights abuses and transnational repression, we believe it is imperative that Canada’s highest political leadership place human rights at the forefront of all high-level engagement with the Chinese government. > > Canadian PM Mark Carney is on a state visit in China. Back in April, Mr. Carney said China is the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.
Call it whatever you want, but these kinds of comments always work in one direction: defending China, or at least distracting from the Chinese government’s crimes by just shouting out “Gaza” or “Israel” or “UAE” or anything that.
It never goes the other way, though. There are many posts here calling out Israel and the US, for example, but there you don’t see such comments saying, "But China’s genocide … "
What you are doing is widespread here in the Lemmyverse. It’s some sort of “the West bad, China bad okay” stance. I call this whataboutism. It shows your hypocrisy.
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What an absurdly weird whataboutism. As if one crime would justify another.