Report: Human Rights Record of the United States in 2018

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Full report issued by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China.

Foreword

On March 13 local time, the State Department of the United States released its 2018 country reports on human rights practices, continued pointing fingers at and slandering human rights situations in over 190 countries, while blindly ignoring its own serious human rights problems. If one takes a glimpse into the human rights situation of the United States in 2018, it will not be difficult to find that the United States government, a self-styled "human rights defender," has a human rights record which is flawed and lackluster, and the double standards of human rights it pursues are obvious.

-- Gun violence poses grave danger.
-- Religious intolerance remarks were on the rise.
-- Internet surveillance becomes a common practice.
-- Money politics prevail in the United States.
-- The United States has the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries.
-- Hate crimes surged to new height.
-- The living conditions of African-Americans are worrisome.
-- There were endless school shootings.
-- Women are living in fear of sexual harassment and sexual assaults.
-- Immigration policy separated children from parents.
-- Flagrantly withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
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Border Reiver said:
While its not wrong, this really is a case of the pot calling the kettle black....
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Not at all. Let's just look at the comment on religion. In one nation you have re-education camps, and in the other you have "remarks." It's more like the owner of the pot-making factory calling the wisp of steam from your tea kettle black.
 
carlitos said:
Not at all. Let's just look at the comment on religion. In one nation you have re-education camps, and in the other you have "remarks." It's more like the owner of the pot-making factory calling the wisp of steam from your tea kettle black.
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Not saying that the pot isn't heavily blackened by years of being over the fire and is presently sitting above a pile of smouldering green lumber while the kettle has not been properly cleaned after years of being over the fire.

Context and intent matter - I'm thinking that the PRC is not best country in the world to be lecturing the US on human rights, but then the US is also in no position to assert "nothing to see here" when the reality is its far more a case of "we got the worst of it off"
 
I don't want to hear it from China. It's literally whataboutism on their part.

Let me hear it from the UN, let me hear it from Amnesty International, any of the NGOs that make those freedom indexes, anyone but China.
 
-- Gun violence poses grave danger.
What does that even mean?

-- Religious intolerance remarks were on the rise.
Evidence? What does that even mean - remarks?

-- Internet surveillance becomes a common practice.
All surveillance did since 9/11. Not happy about that one.

-- Money politics prevail in the United States.
Gee really? BTW who spent the most money on their 2016 campaign?

-- The United States has the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries.
Perhaps this is a sign of actual freedom.

-- Hate crimes surged to new height.
Evidence? Please don't link to the Massive Wave thread. What does individual crime have to do with human rights?

-- The living conditions of African-Americans are worrisome.
??? I live near some, they seem fine to me.

-- There were endless school shootings.
Endless? I agree there are too many. You already mentioned guns though so that's cheating.

-- Women are living in fear of sexual harassment and sexual assaults.
Sure they are. Hilarious.

-- Immigration policy separated children from parents.
We do have a border problem. How does China handle their immigration issues, maybe we can learn how to be better.

-- Flagrantly withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
Flagrantly?



Written like true Chinese propaganda, complete with weird translations.
 
mgidm86 said:
Written like true Chinese propaganda, complete with weird translations.
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Pro-Tip: In the linked report, the bullet points in the cited foreword have short descriptions I cut out in anticipation of the average attention span of the target audience. After the foreword comes the actual report.
 
The source certainly invites to be killed as the messenger. But nonetheless, that avowed bastion of human rights, the US, has issues remaining to tackle. And under the Trump ****-show there has been a regression underway.
 
mgidm86 said:
-- Gun violence poses grave danger.
What does that even mean?
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Sounds pretty clear to me. Whether it's true is another matter.

-- Money politics prevail in the United States.
Gee really? BTW who spent the most money on their 2016 campaign?
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A general statement doesn't need to be always true in order to be generally true.

-- The United States has the highest rate of income inequality among Western countries.
Perhaps this is a sign of actual freedom.
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Perhaps. I suppose then the question is whether arbitrary 'freedom' metrics are our only metric.

-- The living conditions of African-Americans are worrisome.
??? I live near some, they seem fine to me.
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Anecdotal and weak.

-- There were endless school shootings.
Endless? I agree there are too many.
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Well, they don't seem to end.
 
Childlike Empress said:
Pro-Tip: In the linked report, the bullet points in the cited foreword have short descriptions I cut out in anticipation of the average attention span of the target audience. After the foreword comes the actual report.
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Have you stopped liking Trump?
 
I googled "Trudeau pool boy" and that does not appear to be a thing. Also, Canada's liberal foreign minister was born in Alberta.
 
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