Since when did Americans care about HK or human rights oversees for that matter?
The HK thing was going on since May this year..
Chinese were imprisoning the Ugyhurs since like 2016?
Oh, also let's not talk about Turkish army massacring Syrian civilians right now...
But why the sudden focus on HK?
Are you getting a kick out of shaming NBA and Lebron?
because everyone has social media and is now a SJW
Better late than never.
Turks and Syrians have been fighting since medieval times so who cares.
adsfsdf wrote:
because everyone has social media and is now a SJW
Doesn't answer the question. Why HK? Why NOW?
The Chinese authoritarian rule crackdown in HK is relatively new and the mainstream media only picked it up in the last couple of months and hypocrisy of the NBA only became evident in the last two weeks and it takes a while for the American public to wrap there minds around foreign affairs. Does that answer you question?
It's because it gives great ammunition for Republicans to diminish the position of NBA and its pro-social stance.
Most Americans can't distinguish speaking out on domestic issues vs geopolitical issues.
Just because you refuse to speak on geopolitical issues, doesn't make you a hypocrite. You can fight for social justice on home soil, while not being vocal about issues in other countries.
So from Trump supporter's perspective, it's a great opportunity undermine NBA and Democrat's brand of progressive liberalism.
The weather got cold so they're taking a break from the global warming stuff.
So you agree we should not speak out against global injustice, global warming, global genocide. You seem to be a nationalist. How do you feel about Greta speaking out? How did you feel about Germany and Japan in 1941, should we have intruded on their culture?
The NBA doesn't have a stance of progressive liberalism, their only stance is about money. Does the Democratic Party actually support the humanitarian abuses of China, is that their form of progressive liberalism?
dfa wrote:
Chinese were imprisoning the Ugyhurs since like 2016?
Your point seemed to be that other people lack an understanding of history and suddenly become aware of issues long after they started.
But what you wrote weakens your entire point. China has been persecuting the Uyghurs for 80 years.
I always care about the poor and downtrodden.
Anybody wanting U.S. to get involved in a foreign war can be my guest to be a mercenary on the side of the freedom fighters.
I am only for bombing if the 2 biggest warmongers still at large are strapped to the missiles as they are launched, which would be Cheney and Hillary.
I've always cared about Hong Kong and felt Britain giving it up was a bad decision.
Britain gave up nothing. Their lease ran out. China thinks in terms of millennia while the west focuses on quarters.
Because people are slowly starting to realize that China is upping their military spending and security apparatus spending, and will fight to take control of the world.
If Hong Kong gets crushed, then it's not a good sign for others.
adsfsdf wrote:
because everyone has social media and is now a SJW
and ritually jerk off to their own imagined virtue.
In this particular context, things like minding one's own business and respecting other nations and cultures are a buzzkill. But if they become convenient in another situation, they'll consider them virtues and jerk off to them too. Whatever gives them pleasure.
somehow it got turned into a meme
Bad Wigins wrote:
adsfsdf wrote:
because everyone has social media and is now a SJW
and ritually jerk off to their own imagined virtue.
In this particular context, things like minding one's own business and respecting other nations and cultures are a buzzkill. But if they become convenient in another situation, they'll consider them virtues and jerk off to them too. Whatever gives them pleasure.
I'm sorry you are such a dipsh*t that you deserve all others to not bring up social issues just because they aren't rich, white, male and making $500K a year
I think it’s more about China successfully muzzling Americans who wish to voice support for core western values. When we realize the values that we pay a lot of lip service to but don’t really support or think much about are actually under attack, it tends to get us fired up and vocal about it for one or two news cycles.