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62. Your rhetoric falls flat in the face of the facts. /nt

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Tue Nov 12, 2013, 09:29 PM

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China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Cuba Win Seats On UN Human Rights Council, Drawing Scorn [View all] Purveyor Nov 2013 OP

Wow iandhr Nov 2013 #1

UNHRC has been a joke for decades now. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #2

Does worldwide surveillance into intimate personal lives count for anything? The Stranger Nov 2013 #3

Whoever guess "post 3" for the first false equivalence being drawn geek tragedy Nov 2013 #4

I'm surprised it took that long leftynyc Nov 2013 #7

Hypocrisie est un hommage que la vice rend � la vertu. The Stranger Nov 2013 #10

Bullshit spoken in French is still bullshit. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #12

There's a false assumption contained in your post. The Stranger Nov 2013 #26

Well, gee, too bad for you that Americans don't need your permission to speak geek tragedy Nov 2013 #33

Excerpt from the article: go west young man Nov 2013 #42

The problem isn't American exceptionalism, it's the belief that geek tragedy Nov 2013 #43

Agreed... go west young man Nov 2013 #45

What about their joint crimes? JackRiddler Nov 2013 #59

What are you talking about? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #64

Debatable. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #65

:thumbsup: Wilms Nov 2013 #13

Perhaps this nuance is too subtle for you, but "the US is better than China and Saudi Arabia" geek tragedy Nov 2013 #14

USA1USA! "We're not as bad as the other guys" Wilms Nov 2013 #16

Very curious how some people are so obsessed with denouncing the United States geek tragedy Nov 2013 #17

Denial is an obsession I find to be the issue. Wilms Nov 2013 #19

Yes, we disagree. You think Saudi Arabia and China have human rights records geek tragedy Nov 2013 #20

The US has been the only country to have used nukes on civilians cosmicone Nov 2013 #21

If you had your choice, would you live in the US, China, or Saudi Arabia? nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #22

My choice would be for the U.S. to stop supporting Saudi Arabia. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #25

Vietnam would be a dictatorship regardless of what the US had done. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #30

That is not a fair question. cosmicone Nov 2013 #40

Cute analogy. You must live somewhere with a perfect history nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #41

It is not so much about a perfect history cosmicone Nov 2013 #53

Hmmmm. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #56

No contradiction there. cosmicone Nov 2013 #61

You're glossing over a few things here. First, it was American soldiers who ended My Lai and okaawhatever Nov 2013 #57

You keep running around posting this false assumjption The Stranger Nov 2013 #31

Well, you don't think Americans should even pay attention to China and Saudi Arabia's geek tragedy Nov 2013 #34

I thought it was only Faux news go west young man Nov 2013 #36

Let me sum up the story and the reactions to it amongst a certain crowd here geek tragedy Nov 2013 #37

It's highly possible those people would like to see go west young man Nov 2013 #46

Well, yeah, but what fun is that? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #47

Are you implying that your high post rate and go west young man Nov 2013 #50

Just trying to inject some humor into the conversation while tacitly acknowledging geek tragedy Nov 2013 #51

I'm not trying to be condescending. go west young man Nov 2013 #54

No doubt dbackjon Nov 2013 #55

"Except for those we support." JackRiddler Nov 2013 #27

Well, for one, they give us cover. Wilms Nov 2013 #49

You set the bar so low that you don't make sense any more and, worse, The Stranger Nov 2013 #28

So, you've invented rules of grammar and syntax for progressives? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #35

Damn, missed. My vote was "post 1" or "actually in the OP" for that. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2013 #32

Is that for the same reason we appoint bankers to regulate banks and drugs exec to run the FDA? denverbill Nov 2013 #5

That's why we should get christx30 Nov 2013 #6

Uganda is another close U.S. ally. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #29

In all fairness the US did successfully act to stop The Uganda "kill the gays bill". go west young man Nov 2013 #39

North Korea missed out? KamaAina Nov 2013 #8

And this is why the UN is a pathetic joke. jessie04 Nov 2013 #9

Seriously? SoapBox Nov 2013 #11

Ugh. iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #15

Maybe they get points for not invading anyone lately ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #18

do we laugh or cry ? JI7 Nov 2013 #23

Too bad the U.S. ceded all moral authority to complain. JackRiddler Nov 2013 #24

"Imagine if Vietnam had not been invaded in the greatest international crime after 1945" EX500rider Nov 2013 #38

This comment is so out of whack with reality it boggles the mind Ash_F Nov 2013 #48

Are you saying the North didn't invade and conquer the South? n/t EX500rider Nov 2013 #60

Your rhetoric falls flat in the face of the facts. /nt Ash_F Nov 2013 #62

Pretty sure the North DID in fact repeatedly invade.. EX500rider Nov 2013 #63

The U.S. invasion of Indochina JackRiddler Nov 2013 #58

Those of us fighting for human rights must reach across borders Ash_F Nov 2013 #44

Great post. go west young man Nov 2013 #52