You’re right, our political spectrum has been “stretched” so far to the right that even our left feels centrist to other developed nations.

It makes a lot of American leftists angry. To them it’s unconscionable that so many people (including leadership) agrees with right-wing agenda.

Angry leftists here often say hurtful things and it upsets me, I should probably apologize to the guy above

People* who talk about the death toll of communism when you bring up 10-20 million dying to poverty caused by capitalism every year.

what if there was a drug where

you only survive the addiction for 2 weeks then die

but while you’re high you experience a blissful, rewarding life from start to finish

This is incorrect I’m afraid. The OHCHR assessment should have indicated genocide. I suspect that admitting you’re wrong is difficult for you, but in this case it’s patently clear for the reasons I stated above. This difference in terminology is pedantic; what’s important is the suffering and persecution that’s going on in China, and you’ve failed to address any of it. I wish you the best of luck in your journey, but I have no more time to donate to you. Have a day.

There are plenty of mainstream, public leftists. Some of them run for official positions. Many of them express their opinions online with full name and credentials.

You’re trying to give the leftists an excuse for not succeeding, but it’s their fault, not their government’s.

What?

…you just linked the annex that I mentioned above. You’re not even reading my responses. Best of luck to you.

Did you not read my comment? I posted a link to the assessment which has an annex containing China’s response.

… how old are you? if you don’t mind me asking

it’s in the article you cited my dude

https://www.globalr2p.org/countries/china/

While the OHCHR assessment (Aug 31, 2022) does not indicate genocide, its authors are being pedantic. The findings you cited indicate crimes against humanity including reproductive-rights abuses. (click “UN report and China’s response to it” then scroll to the bottom to download the PDF) They might not be lining them up in the streets and shooting them, but they ARE trying to exterminate them, and treat them as less than human in the process. Whether the report authors use the word “genocide” is immaterial.

Read the report yourself, you’ll see that what’s happening is unchecked criminal, inhumane activity directed at the Uyghur population and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minority communities in Xinjiang.

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