Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Hillary Clinton losing does not equal Chinese Oppression

I wrote a while ago about how Hillary Clinton losing doesn't equal rape, and here is it's follow up guide to how Hillary Clinton losing doesn't equal Chinese political oppression.

From the NY Observer:
“Hi everybody. I hope that the Denver convention will be turned into the American equivalent of Tiananmen Square,” wrote a commenter named “johninca” on a Web site announcing PUMA’s 2008 “convention” in Washington.
What happened in Tiananmen Square:
In Beijing, the resulting military response to the protesters by the PRC government left many civilians dead or injured. The reported tolls ranged from 200–300 (PRC government figures), to 300–800 (The New York Times), and to 2,000–3,000 (Chinese student associations and Chinese Red Cross).
Hillary Clinton supporters are protesting this:
Hillary Clinton lost a primary Election
Participants in Tiananmen Sqaure protested this:
The PRC is known for its intolerance of organized dissent towards the government. Dissident groups are routinely arrested and imprisoned, often for long periods of time and without trial. One of the most famous dissidents is Zhang Zhixin, who is known for standing up against the ultra-left.[31] Incidents of torture, forced confessions and forced labour are widely reported. Freedom of assembly and association is extremely limited.
Oh so similar.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi, I just happen to be JohninCA, and I wasn't equating a primary defeat with the Chinese record on human rights. It's just that I see the Dean regime as a fortress of evil and would like it to fall in a grand political insurrection. In other words, the comparison was based on the size of the revolt.

BTW, what's a skink, what's an "angry" skink, and about what are you angry?