That Whole 'Capitalize China' Thing

[Kathianne]

Isn't working out very well. Seems more folks here, old and young, want more China and less liberal freedom stuff.

The young are heading towards socialism/communism. The money grabbers are all for the yuan or whatever currency they can get.

[Kathianne]

In for the $$$:

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/73409295_10156642746115665_2902104462694809600_n.j pg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQmfV_I3eOdmy0vmeggQZCP0cXSDkIgXTwHyftZISbA nPdUWareqjspE-tOvstcgMbY&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=32cd81a464b5ea8c73ac798752688b6b&oe=5E3595F2

[Kathianne]

Trying to appease China, NBA player dons traditional Chinese dress:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7554615/Houston-Rockets-player-Russell-Westbrook-hailed-hero-China-wearing-Chinese-top.html

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/10/09/15/19490702-7554615-image-a-21_1570632436445.jpg

[Kathianne]

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2019/10/11/golden-state-coach-steve-kerr-invokes-gun-answer-china/

Golden State Coach Steve Kerr Invokes Gun In Answer About China
Posted at 12:00 pm on October 11, 2019 by Tom Knighton


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Kerr is a vehement anti-gunner who has opined on gun control numerous times. I mostly have left him alone because of a couple of factors. One is that he talks at a time when there’s enough other news that I don’t want to give him that kind of attention. The other is that his father was shot and killed by a radical Islamic assassin in 1984. His view on guns is a little skewed, but I kind of get it.


However, Kerr was also asked about China on Thursday, and what he responded with…


He’d have been better of to just stay quiet.


Steve Kerr on if he’s ever been asked about human rights during his previous trips to China:


“No. Nor has (America’s) record of human rights abuses come up either… People in China didn’t ask me about, you know, people owning AR-15s and mowing each other down in a mall.” pic.twitter.com/56mNC7LmID


— Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) October 11, 2019


His initial answer to the question is fine. No one has asked him. Great. That’s all he needed to say.


But Kerr goes on to argue that somehow the issue of mass shootings in the United States is somehow comparable to the horrific human rights abuses China has become famous for. It’s not.


Tiananmen Square, for example, wasn’t the result of Chinese citizens in their privately owned tanks deciding to squish some peaceful protestors. No, it was a government crackdown on free speech. The same is true of the countless other examples of Chinese atrocities that range from organ harvesting to human trafficking. They’re herding Uighurs into concentration camps, for crying out loud.

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[Kathianne]

Some perspective in how US businesses now kowtow:

https://www.businessinsider.com/american-companies-nba-stand-up-for-american-values-china-2019-10